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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Plan to visit from September to March, when the weather’s at its driest and least windy.—Skyli Alvarez, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2026 Fire weather also impacting the Plains and Southwest Parts of the Plains and Southeast are also expecting critical fire weather conditions to continue into this week amid widespread warm, dry and windy conditions.—Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 17 May 2026 The same system bringing dangerous tornadoes to the Central Plains and Midwest will be the culprit for very dry and windy conditions in the Southern High Plains.—Taylor Ward, CNN Money, 17 May 2026 On a Santa Rosa hillside Friday, workers trimmed tall grass ahead of the windy conditions expected this weekend.—Da Lin, CBS News, 16 May 2026 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)