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billowy

[bil-oh-ee] / ˈbɪl oʊ i /


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More specifically, Cloud Dancer - a white described as "lofty" and "billowy" which "serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection".

From BBC Dec. 19, 2025

The icing has melted down the sides and pooled around the billowy cream.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2024

Models wore collarless jackets and short feminine dresses in pastel colours as well as boxy satin jackets paired with billowy shorts in Friday night's show.

From Reuters Sep. 23, 2023

As Adameyko carefully dissected it, he noticed billowy outer parts, which Minemizu’s footage captured propelling the strange creature, attached to the flat side of a brown hemisphere.

From Science Magazine Sep. 21, 2023

Of course, he was wearing an outfit of his mother’s choosing, sent to him this morning: a vest of dark bluish-green velvet, with almost ridiculously billowy white sleeves bursting from the blue-and-white-striped shoulders.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas




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