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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Adjective
In Cabo de la Vela, Mr. Gomez’s hometown, with nearly 1,000 residents and desert terrain, the windy season lasts nine months and the waves are flat.—James Wagner Federico Rios, New York Times, 17 May 2024 On windy nights, the S50 automatically rejects a higher percentage of images than on a still night.—PCMAG, 16 May 2024 Treasure Valley residents can expect Friday to be the windiest day, with sustained winds between 19 and 24 mph and wind gusts up to 33 mph.—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2024 Gray and windy weather didn't stop students at The College of New Jersey from showing up for planting day.—Buffy Gorrilla, NPR, 14 May 2024 Jasmine Quezada, 32, of Boyle Heights was among those students in the mountains on a windy Sunday.—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024 On a windy Saturday, Worthy muffed multiple punts off the JUGS machine and from Chiefs punters with Reid standing nearby.—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024 Now, obviously, making product assumptions based on research papers is a deeply inexact science — the line from research to store shelves is windy and full of potholes.—David Pierce, The Verge, 5 May 2024 However, the region’s hot, windy and arid conditions have led organic remains to deteriorate over time, leaving lots unknown about these early inhabitants, Vishwam Sankaran reports for the Independent.—Aaron Boorstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024
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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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