Palmy

Quick meaning: Palmy is an adjective meaning Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees.

Meaning

Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Prosperous, flourishing, booming or thriving.
2. (obsolete) Made out of palm leaves or palm sap.

Example Sentences

“It must have been just like the palmy days of the British Drama.”

So, all things being equal, from the beginning of my stay with Travis, I was in as palmy and benign a state as I could remember in many years.

From Greenland’s icy mountains, From India’s coral strand, Where Afric’s sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error’s chain.

Not many people would argue with his opening insight—that in 1939 people attending the World's Fair gobbled up the optimistic view of the future offered in Flushing Meadows, while people now, in much palmier times than in the late Depression, with World War II looming, are generally pessimistic.

Word Forms

• palmier
• palmiest

Synonyms for palmy

Depending on context, synonyms include prosperous, flourishing, successful, thriving, roaring, booming.

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