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# balmy

adjective (balmier, balmiest)

«balmy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Balmy describes weather or air that is warm, soft and gentle, pleasant to be outside in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/balmy/#m1)
2. (informal) Balmy can also mean silly or mad, as in «balmy ideas». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/balmy/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/balmy/#x1)
- We ate our tea outside on a balmy night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/balmy/#x2)
- The breeze was soft and balmy, scented with roses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/balmy/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «balmy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/balmy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«balmy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/balmy.html) on Mova free.