loungy

English

Alternative forms

• loungey

Etymology

lounge +‎ -y

Adjective

loungy (comparative loungier, superlative loungiest)

1. (informal) characteristic of a lounge; informally comfortable
   • 2005, Jennifer Eveland, Frommer's Singapore & Malaysia:

     The huge space is like an auditorium, with multilevel loungy seating areas looking down onto one of Singapore's best soundstages and dance floors.

   • 2007, Sarah Johnstone, Europe on a shoestring:

     Loungy, worn furniture, retro art and chilled music make this a popular hangout with students and a young crowd.

2. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of lounge music.
   • 2009 March 16, Jon Pareles, “Brazilian Pop: Sambas With a Twist”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In its lean arrangements, her band conjured both traditions and possibilities: the tambourine and strummed cavaquinho (miniature guitar) of samba for “Na Gangorra,” a loungey acid-jazz pulse and hints of reggae for “Vento No Canavial,” African-tinged funk in the Vinicius de Moraes-Baden Powell song “Consolaçã” and in the French songwriter Camille Dalmais’s “1, 2, 3.”

Anagrams

• Yolngu