From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsandysand‧y /ˈsændi/ adjective 1 SGcovered with sand, or containing a lot of sand The soil is quite sandy.2 HBHhair that is sandy is a yellowish-brown colour —sandiness noun [uncountable]
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sandy• a sandy beach• Lagoons, creeks, islands, coves and deserted sandy beaches abound.• I drink at it; but while I think I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is.• High rocky cliffs pitted with little sandy coves melt away into long stretches of silvery beach.• I cut through shallow, sandy hills, but the struggle was anaesthetized by day-dreams.• Finally the sea encroached on this topography producing steep cliffs, inlets, sea stacks and sandy or shingly beach deposits.• Nantucket is a small, barren, sandy place where, Ishmael tells us, they have to plant weeds.• A girl wandered across the sandy riding track.• A truck without lights was coming down the sandy road. 