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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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as in rhetorical
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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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
Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
The fire comes on a warm, dry, windy day with elevated wildfire risk forecast across much of the state.
—Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
The current dry air and windy conditions is building a prime chance for fires to build to the level of March 2025, forecasters believe.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 24 Feb. 2026
The National Weather Service on Wednesday issued a red flag warning, meaning that as the afternoon moved forward conditions would be very dry and windy, making the area ripe for brush fire spread.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
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The hot, dry and windy weather has raised concerns that grassfires could ignite and spread rapidly.
—Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
The fire comes on a warm, dry, windy day with elevated wildfire risk forecast across much of the state.
—Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 24 Feb. 2026
The current dry air and windy conditions is building a prime chance for fires to build to the level of March 2025, forecasters believe.
—Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 24 Feb. 2026
The National Weather Service on Wednesday issued a red flag warning, meaning that as the afternoon moved forward conditions would be very dry and windy, making the area ripe for brush fire spread.
—Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Windy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windy. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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