Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Romantic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Romantic.

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  • adjective archaic romantic

Etymologies

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romance +‎ -y?

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Examples

  • I did a book preview … it seemed a little too Fabio-esque romancy for me but I had fun coming up with wierd couples-Jacob Black is mysterously drawn to Edward Cullen, for example

    Twilight Lexicon » Want to Put Yourself in Bella’s Shoes? 2009

  • And a propos of the genre battle, the Malice win was especially sweet for me, since I'd been rejected by mystery publishers for being "too romancy" and by romance publishers for being "too mystery."

    the most important contract a writer will ever have 2008

  • It's less romancy and explores the scifi elements of the world more.

    Reviews of fantasy and science fiction books Kristen 2009

  • For some reason, the art looks stiffer, the romance scenes aren't as romancy, and in general I don't get the same doki doki feeling I get from reading the manga.

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2010

  • For some reason, the art looks stiffer, the romance scenes aren't as romancy, and in general I don't get the same doki doki feeling I get from reading the manga.

    AnimeBlogger.net Antenna 2010

  • For some reason, the art looks stiffer, the romance scenes aren't as romancy, and in general I don't get the same doki doki feeling I get from reading the manga.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • Major, Hajime and Ippo etc all have females who hang around and are romantically linked with the protagonist yet do not really do the romancy stuff like in Cross Game or H2. for your own sake.

    Anime Nano! 2009

  • I had to put down The Virgin's Lover (about Queen Elizabeth, Henry and Anne Boleyn's daughter) because it was a little too Harlequin romancy for my taste.

    Kittens on the Keyboard 2009

  • Desi Girl being dancy, Maa Da Ladla being comic and pumpy, Khabar Nahi being romancy, Kuch Kum being a bit on the teary and Jaane Kyun being the absolute toast to friendship what more do you want form a perfect score!

    Kottu 2008

  • Ugh ... junie it's a shame that you didn't give the rest of the series a chance. claire jamie and many other people go through much more gruesome misadventures than this that you seem to be quite interested in and the rest of the series (bar the the third book, Voyager) is really not at all romancy. much more like historical fiction. junie it's a shame that you didn't give the rest of the series a chance. claire jamie and many other people go through much more gruesome misadventures than this that you seem to be quite interested in and the rest of the series (bar the the third book, Voyager) is really not at all romancy. much more like historical fiction. frank

    Outlander Book Series Coming to the Big Screen | /Film 2008

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  • all roads lead to ro(e)mancy? fish eggs?

    August 24, 2009