windless

adjective

Definition of windlessnext
as in cloudless

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  1. cloudless
  2. rainless
  3. sunny
  4. sunshiny
Adjective
  • On a serene, cloudless day, these cars need only exchange thimblefuls of data with one another.
    — Ana I. Pérez-Neira, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Outside, the sky was cloudless; the temperature had hovered for weeks around sixty degrees.
    — Nell Freudenberger, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of cloudless
Adjective
  • The state also has a Mediterranean climate where invasive grasses, originally imported by European colonizers and their farm animals, flourish madly after winter rains and then die back during rainless summers.
    — Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
  • As Florida’s winter dry season stretched into a near rainless wet season, the central Everglades has withered into extreme drought conditions.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of rainless
Adjective
  • Next are the sunny days and cool nights of high-altitude summers, which encourage production of sugars and other compounds that make the fruits teasingly tangy and blissfully sweet.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Zones 3-9 Coreopsis Perennial coreopsis specieslook delicate but are very tough plants for the sunny garden.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of sunny
Adjective
  • With her huge yellow hair, chambray-blue wardrobe, and sunshiny radiance, Parton was engineered to beam straight through the screen into every American home.
    — David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Create a sunshiny mix by planting pale yellow 'Moonbeam' alongside the richer, more golden 'Zagreb,' Yost says.
    — Ann Hinga Klein, Martha Stewart, 7 May 2026
Definition of sunshiny
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“Windless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windless. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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