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
Advertorial, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Setup time should be comparable to that of a standalone instant-pitch screen room, which will also require staking out in windy conditions.
—New Atlas, 30 May 2025
Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Magic also hit a pier in Jamaica during windy weather in February 2024.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 17 June 2025
The 28 Days Later photocall in Paris on June 4 saw Taylor-Johnson wear his beard shaved much lower to his face, but the windy conditions of the day caused his curls to drift to-and-fro.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 16 June 2025
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Southern California’s wildfire season is now a year-round phenomenon given the cycle of risks: dry and windy conditions in one season followed by rain and flooding the next.
—Advertorial, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
Setup time should be comparable to that of a standalone instant-pitch screen room, which will also require staking out in windy conditions.
—New Atlas, 30 May 2025
Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Magic also hit a pier in Jamaica during windy weather in February 2024.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 17 June 2025
The 28 Days Later photocall in Paris on June 4 saw Taylor-Johnson wear his beard shaved much lower to his face, but the windy conditions of the day caused his curls to drift to-and-fro.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 16 June 2025
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“Windy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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