blowy

American  

[bloh-ee] / ˈbloʊ i /

adjective

blowier, blowiest

1. windy.

   a chill, blowy day.

2. easily blown about.

   flimsy, blowy curtain material.

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blowy British  

/ ˈbləʊɪ /

adjective

1. another word for windy

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Other Word Forms

• blowiness
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of blowy

First recorded in 1820–30; blow ² + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

blowy blowiest

Schauffele also won The Open with a sublime 65 at a far more testing, soggy, blowy Royal Troon on the Ayrshire coast.

From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024

Melwood, on a cold, blowy afternoon, with a persistent crew of autograph hunters standing outside the metal gates at the entrance.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2016

Below, on a blowy beach, is a boy called Rudi.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2015

Pros say we are the Saudi Arabia of wind; it is so blowy, we should be the envy of Europe.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2012

Outside was blowy and wet, like a rain machine was aimed over Black Swan Green.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Real winter came to western Canada last week in the blowiest, snowiest, coldest storm since record-keeping began in 1884.

From Time Magazine Archive

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