1
as in gusty
marked by strong wind or more wind than usual
one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees
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2
as in rhetoric
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
gave his usual windy speech about working for the common people
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3
as in rambling
using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea
a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners
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as in winding
marked by a long series of irregular curves
a windy little creek
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Recent Examples of windy
Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The weather can play a role too; rain can wash pollen from the air, while a windy day can blow it around, increasing your allergy symptoms.2
How Can You Prevent Allergy Symptoms?
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 23 May 2025
The sun’s heat causes lines to sag more on sunny days, while increased airflow on windy days cools the lines, which sag less.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Heat domes – large areas of high pressure that park over an area for days – prevent wet or windy weather from happening underneath them and instead force active weather to move along their northern periphery.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
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Gotham topped América 3-1, navigating through windy and rainy conditions Wednesday evening at Estadio Universitario in Monterrey, Mexico.
—Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 21 May 2025
The weather can play a role too; rain can wash pollen from the air, while a windy day can blow it around, increasing your allergy symptoms.2
How Can You Prevent Allergy Symptoms?
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 23 May 2025
The sun’s heat causes lines to sag more on sunny days, while increased airflow on windy days cools the lines, which sag less.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Heat domes – large areas of high pressure that park over an area for days – prevent wet or windy weather from happening underneath them and instead force active weather to move along their northern periphery.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for windy
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“Windy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windy. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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