: resembling a maze

Examples of mazy in a Sentence

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His mazy dribbles, the drop of the shoulder and his unique talent for escapology have illuminated so many Palace matches. Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025 The film often feels like a mazy tapestry of moods and situations, rather than a traditional narrative. Tomris Laffly, Variety, 15 May 2025 There was a slick Murphy backheel, following a mazy dribble, for a two-touch Isak finish away to Ipswich Town in December, which capped a 4-0 win and completed the latter’s hat-trick. Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025 The exchange was Kafkaesque in its mazy rate of progress, technical complexity, and disorienting tendency toward digression. Joel Khalili, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024 Breathtaking and impossibly mazy runs like this one against Oklahoma on national television helped Robinson earn acclaim across the country, and draw praise from college football legend and Heisman winner Reggie Bush. Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mazy was in 1579

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“Mazy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mazy. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

mazy

adjective
: resembling a maze in confusing turns and windings
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