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In some senses, foxy is marked as slang, informal, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.
foxy
/ˈfɑksi/
adj 5name 2noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
emotional, flexible, normal
VERB + FOXY
called
FOXY + NOUN
blonde, lady
PREP.
on
Definitions
noun
1
The recreational drug 5-methoxy-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT).
adj
1
Having the qualities of a fox.
2
Cunning, sly.
3
Attractive, sexy (of a woman).
4
Having reddish-brown hair.
5
Using too much of the reddish-brown colors.
His eye for colour was so exquisite that I do not think there is a single instance in all his works of a heated tint which is called foxy. This cannot be said of Rubens or Rembrandt […]
Although the skies of Brydael's pictures are often broken with rather heavy masses of orange and yellow clouds, yet, taking him altogether, he was not a 'foxy' painter; on the contrary, there is a silvery coolness about some of his pictures which pleases us.
name
1
A nickname of the surname Fox.
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His eye for colour was so exquisite that I do not think there is a single instance in all his works of a heated tint which is called foxy. This cannot be said of Rubens or Rembrandt […]
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Although the skies of Brydael's pictures are often broken with rather heavy masses of orange and yellow clouds, yet, taking him altogether, he was not a 'foxy' painter; on the contrary, there is a sil
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For half a century, psychotherapy was dominated by hedgehoggy men who considered their style "normal," and women's foxy, emotional, flexible style "hysterical."
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Don't you ever cheat on me, you foxy!
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Mary is a foxy lady.
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Who is that foxy blonde talking to Tom?
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