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Webster 1913 Edition


Viewy

View′y

,
Adj.
1.
Having peculiar views; fanciful; visionary; unpractical;
as, a
viewy
person
.
2.
Spectacular; pleasing to the eye or the imagination.
A government intent on showy absurdities and
viewy
enterprises rather than solid work.
London Spectator.

Definition 2024


viewy

viewy

English

Adjective

viewy (comparative viewier, superlative viewiest)

  1. (now rare) Having strong views or opinions.
  2. (colloquial, now rare) Superficially attractive; showy.
    • 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 18:
      ‘And if a fellow chooses to justify his seductions of uninteresting and viewy young females along the lines of freedom and the rights of man, it's relatively respectable.’