variants also spacy

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Recent Examples of spacey At the film’s best, the director uses his dreamy, fragmented narrative approach to reflect the disjointed state of his protagonist, who’s always slightly spacey, because the most important part of him is stuck in the past. Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019 People would get real spacey from doing these meditations. Win McCormack, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2018 Through it all there's always been something elusive about her, that slightly spacey aura that invites projection and creates mystery. Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 3 Oct. 2013 Not all sperm are equally spacey about following walls. Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 8 May 2012 See All Example Sentences for spacey
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spacey
Adjective
  • The same woman who used to have fun behind her camera now seems sleepy, dazed, and even drugged.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Some seemed visibly dazed to suddenly be back in their homeland.
    Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Keen observers may witness small flocks of Phalaropes swimming in dizzy circles in the quiet ponds.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • There’s also something of the McIlroy highwire act with Alcaraz, especially in the breathless blitz of brilliance that rises to the top and then drops off from the dizzy heights of the rollercoaster.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • While his wife and daughter build a new life in Vienna, Roman stays behind — confused, restless and convinced that things will get better.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • With nearby MPs training their guns on her, Ziva laid down her weapon and sprawled across the blacktop, looking up at a confused Tali.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Many kids find repeating these phrases satisfying, or silly, or just plain fun to say, Estevez says.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 8 Sep. 2025
  • There are no silly games being played.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Spacey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spacey. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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