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
Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
This Weatherman umbrella is sturdy and small, which is a bonus for windy and rainy days.
—Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2025
On windy days, apply sunscreen extra often (at least every two hours) since the wind can leave your skin more susceptible to burning.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 13 May 2025
His first 49 2/3 innings went pretty well but facing a lineup but the four against the Yankees did not and continued his struggles at his new home ballpark which can make things hairy for pitches especially on windy days.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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Adjective
Many deciduous ornamentals including redbuds, forsythia, crabapples, fruit trees, quince azaleas and many others were not adversely affected by last summer’s drought and the cold, windy winter and frozen soils that followed.
—Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
This Weatherman umbrella is sturdy and small, which is a bonus for windy and rainy days.
—Kristy Alpert, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2025
On windy days, apply sunscreen extra often (at least every two hours) since the wind can leave your skin more susceptible to burning.
—Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 13 May 2025
His first 49 2/3 innings went pretty well but facing a lineup but the four against the Yankees did not and continued his struggles at his new home ballpark which can make things hairy for pitches especially on windy days.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
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“Windy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windy. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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