balmy meaning

• Adjective: balmy (balmier,balmiest)  baa(l)mee
  1. Mild and pleasant
     "balmy days and nights"
     - mild, soft 
  2. [archaic] Informal or slang term for mentally irregular
     "it used to drive my husband balmy"
     - barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy [N. Amer], cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around the bend, wacky, whacky

  Derived forms: balmiest, balmier

  See also: balm, clement, insane

• 
  [American slang]
  mod. alcohol intoxicated.
  • She's not just drunk, she's a little balmy.
  • How can anybody be so balmy on four beers?
  
  
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  [British slang]
  Adj. Insane, crazy. A derivative of the earlier 'barmy.’
  

Examples

1. balmy weather invites outdoor recreation.
2. there were days when the air was almost balmy.
3. a balmy breeze refreshed us after the sultry blast.
4. the breeze was almost balmy.
5. it's rather late, i'll try and get a wink or two of the balmy.