What's the difference between heathenry and heathery?
Heathenry
Definition:
(n.) The state, quality, or character of the heathen.
(n.) Heathendom; heathen nations.
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Heathery
Definition:
(a.) Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of heath.
Example Sentences:
(1) Within just a few hours, I was high up in the heathery hills, granite outcrops and peat-coloured streams of the humpy Wicklow mountains.
(2) When grouse shooting declined after the second world war (overgrazing by sheep and the conversion of moorland to conifer plantations had destroyed much of the grouse’s heathery habitat), harrier numbers revived.
(3) Turn left, and soon you reach the lovely, heathery summit of Walla Crag.
(4) The canapes were excellent, and the archaeological folk smelt different from the trippers … more heathery.