beam´i|ness

beam´i|ness
beam|y «BEE mee», adjective, beam|i|er, beam|i|est.
1. like a beam; massive.
2. (of a ship) broad in the beam.
3. Figurative. beaming; radiant: »

Bending her beamy eyes in thankfulness (Shelley).

4. possessing full-grown horns; antlered: »

Thou mayst…beamy stags in toils engage (John Dryden).

beam´i|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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