peachy
/'pi:tʃi/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Resembling a peach in color: Having a soft, warm, pinkish-orange hue similar to that of a peach fruit.
- Very good, excellent, pleasing: (Informal) Used to describe something as wonderful, delightful, or first-rate.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Color):
- The walls were painted a lovely peachy shade.
- She wore a dress in a soft peachy pink.
- Adjective (Quality):
- "How was your vacation?" "Oh, it was just peachy!"
- Everything is peachy here; don't worry about a thing.
Advanced Usage
- "Peachy-keen": An informal, emphatic expression meaning extremely fine or excellent, often with a slightly old-fashioned or enthusiastic tone.
- He said everything was peachy-keen and going according to plan.
Variants and Related Words
- Peach (n): The fruit which the color and informal quality sense derive from.
- Peachiness (n): The state or quality of being peachy (in color or, informally, in quality).
Synonyms
- For color: Peach-colored, salmon, pinkish-orange.
- For quality (informal): Excellent, splendid, wonderful, great, smashing, neat, bully.
Idioms and Phrases
- "Just peachy": A common informal phrase, often used ironically to mean the opposite when the situation is actually bad or problematic.
- My car broke down, and I'm late for work. Everything's just peachy.
Adjective
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of something resembling a peach in color
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very good
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he did a bully job
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a neat sports car
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had a great time at the party
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you look simply smashing
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