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balmy

/ˈbɑmi/ adjective C2
  1. Producing balm.
  2. Soothing or fragrant.
  3. Of weather, mild and pleasant.
  4. Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric. (US, informal)

Comparative balmier · Superlative balmiest

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A young man, very pale and worn, was lying upon a sofa near the open window, through which came the rich scent of the garden and the balmy summer air.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 60 · B2

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