Adjective (1)
one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees
gave his usual windy speech about working for the common people
a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners Adjective (2)
a windy little creek
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It’s expected to be a windy day Saturday for Kansas City, with gusts reaching 37 miles per hour, the forecast shows.—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 29 Nov. 2025 Cold, windy weather blew into the New York City area just in time for Thanksgiving, and it's expected to stick around for the holiday weekend.—Matthew Delucia, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025 Several other balloons struggled to stay afloat during the 1997 parade, which was derailed by windy conditions.—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025 After a chilly and windy Thanksgiving Day, a winter storm is expected to sweep southern Wisconsin over the weekend.—Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 27 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for windy
Word History
First Known Use
Adjective (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
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