woodsy

adj

Etymology: From woods + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives), to distinguish the word from woody (“made of wood, or having wood-like properties, etc.”).

1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of a wooded area.

   “Harry, Tina, Esther, and I ran up and down and in and about the piles of wood that evening with a joyous satisfaction. How fresh and spicy and woodsy it smelt!”

   “It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaws out. This is the mighty W.O.O.D., the musical voice of Lumberton. At the sound of the falling tree, it's 9:30.”

2. Of a place: having many trees.

   “"The first thing he said was he was 'fraid she'd got into the woods. You know they always find um in the woods in the papers. They git confused 'n' they wander round." / "Yes," said Mr. Townshend, "that's about it, you see. I thought right away of Noah's Island; it's the woodsiest place there is about. I sh'll git some men together right away.[…]"”

   “No lovelier day, no woodsier woods, or better company.”