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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On a typical wet and windy London day in the winter of 1991, David Hill, who created Sky Sports, was walking his dogs, J.J. and Daisy.—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 During the day, there are hardly any cars in the center of town; the streets are too windy and narrow and full of vacationers and locals to bother.—Sarah James, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2024 Here's your official Watch Party weather report: Extremely windy, with a 100% chance of Glen Powell.—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 19 July 2024 Hurricane Debby made landfall at Category 1 strength in Florida on August 5, but days later, its windy remnants knocked out power for nearly 25,000 people in the Green Mountain State.—Umair Irfan, Vox, 14 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for windy
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Word History
First Known Use
Adjective (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
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