Windy meaning

wĭn'dē
Characterized by or abounding in wind.

A windy night.

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Open to the wind; unsheltered.

A windy terrace.

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Resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability.

A windy dash homeward.

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Flatulent.
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It was a long and windy night.

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Empty and lacking substance.

They made windy promises they would not keep.

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Long-winded; orally verbose.
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The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy.

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(colloquial) Fart.
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(of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
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Characterized or accompanied by wind.

A windy day.

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Exposed to wind; swept by strong or frequent winds.

A windy city.

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Like wind; stormy, blustery, violent, etc.

Windy anger.

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Unsheltered and open to the wind.

They made love in a windy bus shelter.

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Origin of windy

  • From wind (weather condition) + -y.
    From Wiktionary
  • From wind (“to curve, bend") + -y.
    From Wiktionary

Windy Sentence Examples

  • It's windy and dry... said another voice.

  • It is a favourite summer resort of the Italians, but is cold and windy in winter.

  • It was occasionally styled the Windy or Windward coast, from the frequency of short but furious tornadoes throughout the year.

  • The Apennines shelter it from the cold north winds, and the prevailing winds in the west, blowing in from the Tyrrhenian Sea, are warm and humid, though Florence is colder and more windy than Rome in the winter and hotter in summer, owing to its being shut in among the mountains.

  • Foveaux Strait is as cold and windy as the Strait of Dover.

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