balmy

«balmy» in Mova's school dictionary: warm, soft and gentle, pleasant to be outside in — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (balmier, balmiest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Balmy describes weather or air that is warm, soft and gentle, pleasant to be outside in. tree →

2) (informal) Balmy can also mean silly or mad, as in «balmy ideas». tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories the air is soft and sweet-smelling, as in a warm island or a garden in summer

examples

• The evening air was balmy and sweet. tree →
• We ate our tea outside on a balmy night. tree →
• The breeze was soft and balmy, scented with roses. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «balmy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.