MEANING
Producing noticeable repetitions or lingering reflections of sound.
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Words that belong together
- an echoey hall
- an echoey stairwell
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The empty stairwell was so echoey that each step seemed to follow her twice.
Word forms
- Base
- echoey
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Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Comparative more echoey; superlative most echoey. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.
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