adjective Having a healthy reddish color, especially in the face.
- The children came in from the cold with ruddy cheeks.
- A silvery cloud drifted over the mountains that surrounded him, its edges glowing with ruddy light cast from the harvest moon cradled between two peaks.
— Christopher Paolini, Discovery (2003)
- Drystone walls, farm buildings and stone cottages, roofed with ruddy tiles, line the way and blend gently into the surrounding countryside.
— AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd (1980)
- Frank, who is narrow and ruddy, and who tended to wear a shirt and tie with a cherry-red beanie pulled low over one ear, swapped his white butcher’s coat for a puffer jacket, and led me outside
— Tom Lamont, The butcher's shop that lasted 300 years (give or take) (2020)
adjective (British, informal) Used to add emphasis, often expressing annoyance.
