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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The wet and windy weather that began its push into the Sacramento Valley late Wednesday parked over the capital region throughout the day on Thursday.—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Nov. 2025 Buff’s strong home-field edge (14-1 run in western New York) is magnified by windy, cloudy, 40-degree forecast.—Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025 They have been documented vibrating quickly in windy conditions and slower in mild weather, and these vibrations can provide scientists with valuable insights about a cactus’s internal structure.—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 10 Nov. 2025 That match, although error-strewn and a hard watch because of the windy conditions, showed the value of the contrast of styles.—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 10 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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