drafty

especially British, draught·y

[draf-tee, drahf-]

adjective

draftier, draftiest 

1. characterized by or admitting currents of air, usually uncomfortable.

drafty

/ ˈdrɑːftɪ /

adjective

1. the usual US spelling of draughty

Other Word Forms

• draftily adverb
• draftiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of drafty¹

First recorded in 1840–50; draft + -y ¹

Example Sentences

And while it sometimes feels a bit drafty in the corners, the accomplishment itself is plenty.

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By Sunday night, the Hearts had been sitting in their buckets for two days in a drafty tent just south of the Rose Bowl.

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On a brisk mid-March night in the small Northern California town of Grass Valley, more than 100 people crowded around a Grateful Dead cover band in a drafty warehouse.

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I’m not talking about a motel in the boonies of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or a drafty log cabin on a lake in Maine or Minnesota.

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Large and drafty, the plastered walls still wet, the house was called the “great castle” by Abigail Adams.

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Related Words

• breezy 
• brisk 
• cool 
• crisp 
• freezing 
• frosty 
• icy 
• wintry