adjective (rosier, rosiest)
1 pink and pleasant in appearance:
She had rosy cheeks. * The sky was turning rosy over the harbour.
2 likely to be good or successful:
The future is looking very rosy for our company. * She painted a rosy picture of their life together in Italy (= made it appear to be very good and perhaps better than it really was).
IDIOMS see GARDENn.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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