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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Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Magic also hit a pier in Jamaica during windy weather in February 2024.—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 17 June 2025 The 28 Days Later photocall in Paris on June 4 saw Taylor-Johnson wear his beard shaved much lower to his face, but the windy conditions of the day caused his curls to drift to-and-fro.—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 16 June 2025 The canopy also blocks rain effectively and withstands windy conditions.—Sandi Schwartz, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2025 Predictably, the unprotected home met the fate that thousands of structures did during the windy and dry Jan. 7 disaster.—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 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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