blowy

[ bloh-ee ]

adjective

, blow·i·er, blow·i·est.

1. windy:

   a chill, blowy day.

2. easily blown blown blow about:

   flimsy, blowy curtain material.

blowy

/ ˈbləʊɪ /

adjective

1. See windy
   another word for windy

Other Words From

• blowi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of blowy¹

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

Example Sentences

They had fine blowy days with Nancy up on Beachy Head above the sparkling blue water.

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Don't you know Old Blowy, ma'am—'im as had the good luck to ride at Balaclava?

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To our surprise the weather, which in the evening had been calm and frosty, had become wet and blowy.

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It was a wicked, blowy day, and I crept into a wrecked "camion" and sheltered there, and ate some lunch and slept a little.

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Couldn't one sit here blowy nights, with the candles lit, eating nuts and telling stories?

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