What does ostrichy mean?
Ostrichy means Resembling or characteristic of an ostrich..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Resembling or characteristic of an ostrich..
Once upon a time there was an ostrich who, though very ostrichy, was even more of an egoist.
He nodded and gave us both a kind of ostrichy smile.
He beamed down at her from his ostrichy height.
This one went all on its hind legs, its long thin tail stretched out behind it for balance: it went with a long-legged ostrichy gait that Dairine suspected could turn into an incredible sprint.
And then her neck: “Too ostrichy. Preferable fowl neck: swan.”
Stuffing that head of his into the sand – his ostrichy, beaky face.
Ossie had a green freckle of toothpaste on her upper lip, her hair was pulled into a high ponytail for sleep purposes, her cheeks were sunburned, she looked pretty and dumb with her same big-eyed, ostrichy features, and all these outside things were so as-ever and ordinary that I wanted to scream at her: […]
He flapped out his arms, pretending they were ostrich wings, stuck out his bottom, and waddled around, bobbing his head in a gifted impression of Lightfoot’s ostrichy gait.
Use ostrichy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ostrichy means Resembling or characteristic of an ostrich..
Common synonyms include struthious, struthian.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Once upon a time there was an ostrich who, though very ostrichy, was even more of an egoist.
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