windy

[ win-dee ]

/ ˈwɪn di /

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adjective, wind·i·er, wind·i·est.

accompanied or characterized by wind: a windy day.

exposed to or swept by the wind: a windy hill.

consisting of or resembling wind: a windy tempest of activity.

toward the wind; windward.

unsubstantial or empty.

of the nature of, characterized by, or given to prolonged, empty talk; voluble; verbose; bombastic.

characterized by or causing flatulence.

Chiefly Scot. boastful.

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Origin of windy

before 900; Middle English; Old English windig.See wind¹, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM windy

wind·i·ly, adverbwind·i·ness, nounun·wind·y, adjective

Words nearby windy

wind vane, windward, Windward Islands, Windward Passage, windway, windy, Windy City, wine, wine and dine, wine bar, wineberry

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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.
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It 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.
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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-Science
You 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-Science

When 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.
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His brother Sidronio immediately took over, and the Windy City reported no shortage of smack.
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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|DAILY BEAST
To save the Windy City, we have to use everything at our disposal.
Send the National Guard to Chicago|Roland S. Martin|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The windows were sealed shut around the edges by duct tape but still rattled when it got windy.
Almost Famous: A Father's Day Story|Alex Belth|June 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Through the beautiful, windy autumn days, he labored at his difficult task, the task of telling a story.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
It 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 Tatlow
Moreover, though a land of frost, it is very windy, the wind being nearly always a cold one.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
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

windy

/ (ˈwɪndɪ) /

adjective windier or windiest

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; bombasticwindy orations

void of substance

an informal word for flatulent

slang afraid; frightened; nervous

Derived forms of windy

windily, adverbwindiness, noun

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