windy
Americanadjective
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accompanied or characterized by wind.
a windy day.
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exposed to or swept by the wind.
a windy hill.
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consisting of or resembling wind.
a windy tempest of activity.
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toward the wind; windward.
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unsubstantial or empty.
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of the nature of, characterized by, or given to prolonged, empty talk; voluble; verbose; bombastic.
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characterized by or causing flatulence.
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Chiefly Scot. boastful.
adjective
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of, characterized by, resembling, or relating to wind; stormy
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swept by or open to powerful winds
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marked by or given to empty, prolonged, and often boastful speech; bombastic
windy orations
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void of substance
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an informal word for flatulent
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slang afraid; frightened; nervous
Other Word Forms
- unwindy adjective
- windily adverb
- windiness noun
Etymology
Origin of windy
before 900; Middle English; Old English windig. See wind 1, -y 1
Example Sentences
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Chief fire officer Jonathan Dyson said the presumed cause was "a stark reminder of how quickly wildfires can take hold, particularly in hot, dry and windy conditions".
From BBC
In the north of Norway, Bodo can often be bitterly cold, snowy and windy during the long winter months, with temperatures deep into minus figures.
From BBC
“It’s not gonna be quite as windy as the last storm,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
However, gas flows remained steady despite production outages in Norway, while windy weather is supporting wind-power generation, according to analysts at ANZ Research.
On a windy day, the Italian lost just six points across his nine service games.
From Barron's
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