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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Similarly, a lightweight packable rain jacket can handle both unexpected showers and windy days on deck without taking up much room.—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 For Viskari, that windy October day in Wisconsin wasn’t the end of anything.—Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025 In the clip, Goggins can be seen driving along the windy roads as the sun shines over him.—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025 With an apex at 12,095 feet above sea level – higher than timberline – the windy road over the pass is only open from June through October each year due to the snow that piles up in the Sawatch mountain range.—Jonathan Shikes, Denver Post, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for windy
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First Known Use
Adjective (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
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