Chiefly poet. [f. SWEEP sb. or v. + -Y.] Characterized by sweeping movement or form; sweeping.

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1697.  Dryden, Virg. Georg., I. 651. The King of Floods … rowling onward, with a sweepy Sway, Bore Houses, Herds, and lab’ring Hinds away. Ibid. (1700), Ovid’s Met., Acis, Pol. & Galatea, 127. The sweepy weight Of Ews that sink beneath the Milky fraight.

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1722.  W. Hamilton, Wallace, 116. Bars, Bolts, and brazen Hinges … tumbl’d down before the sweepy Stroke.

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1725.  Pope, Odyss., IV. 644. The Nile, who from the secret source Of Jove’s high seat descends with sweepy force.

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1790.  A. Wilson, Thunderstorm, Poet. Wks. (1846), 33. Hail furious flew and sweepy light’ning shone.

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1821.  Joanna Baillie, Metr. Leg., Columbus, xvi. Groves, where each dome of sweepy leaves In air of morning gently heaves.

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1821.  T. G. Wainewright, Ess. & Crit. (1880), 184. His lines are flowing and sweepy.

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1850.  Browning, Christmas Eve, viii. 9. I saw the back of Him—no more:… No face only the sight Of a sweepy garment, vast and white.

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