windy
Origin of windy
1Other words from windy
- wind·i·ly, adverb
- wind·i·ness, noun
- un·wind·y, adjective
Words Nearby windy
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How to use windy in a sentence
It remains to be seen, especially if it’s windy and wet out, but the heated tables could provide a cozy way for patrons to dine outside in a fairly comfortable, safe, and standard way.
What might COVID winter dining look like? IDEO and Chicago have some out-there ideas | Brett Haensel | October 9, 2020 | FortuneIt was never colder than about seventy degrees, although that feels cold when you’re wet and it’s windy, but cold wasn’t the issue.
In particularly hot, dry, and windy conditions, you could die from dehydration in less than three days if no water is available.
The 10-step guide to survival in an emergency | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | September 29, 2020 | Popular-ScienceYou can only live 3 hours without shelter in a cold, wet, and windy setting.
The 10-step guide to survival in an emergency | By Tim MacWelch/Outdoor Life | September 29, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWhen Steadman and some other CSL workers agreed to talk, I got in my car and made the windy four-hour drive to the strip mall in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, where they worked.
Foreign Masks, Fear and a Fake Certification: Staff at CSL Plasma Say Conditions at Donation Centers Aren’t Safe | by J. David McSwane | September 21, 2020 | ProPublica
The independent and go-getter spirit started young, with the band plastering posters throughout the windy City.
OK Go Is Helping Redefine the Music Video For the Internet Age | Lauren Schwartzberg | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis brother Sidronio immediately took over, and the windy City reported no shortage of smack.
He paid his own way, joining older brother Jacob who had escaped to the windy City earlier that year.
‘The Harness Maker’s Dream:’ The Unlikely Ranch King of Texas | Nick Kotz | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo save the windy City, we have to use everything at our disposal.
The windows were sealed shut around the edges by duct tape but still rattled when it got windy.
Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
Through the beautiful, windy autumn days, he labored at his difficult task, the task of telling a story.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxIt was a windy night and a sudden gust blew his tall hat into the river, and after it unfortunately dropped the meerschaum.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowMoreover, though a land of frost, it is very windy, the wind being nearly always a cold one.
As well as can be expected in this dusty windy city where they have to stay in the house half the day.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for windy
/ (ˈwɪndɪ) /
of, characterized by, resembling, or relating to wind; stormy
swept by or open to powerful winds
marked by or given to empty, prolonged, and often boastful speech; bombastic: windy orations
void of substance
an informal word for flatulent
slang afraid; frightened; nervous
Derived forms of windy
- windily, adverb
- windiness, noun
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