adj. (sandier, sandiest)
1. having the texture of sand.
2 having much sand.
3 a (of hair) yellowish-red. b (of a person) having sandy hair.
Phrases and idioms:
sandy blight Austral. conjunctivitis with sandlike grains in the eye.
Derivatives:
sandiness n. sandyish adj.
Etymology: OE sandig (as SAND)