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
Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
Multiple states also have either a high wind warning or windy advisory, including most of the state of Michigan.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
There is a chance that red flag warnings could be extended in the windiest areas through Friday.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The quick laces were easy to tighten and loosen especially on cold, windy days when his fingers would have struggled to untie knots.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Feb. 2025
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Global warming caused mainly by burning of fossil fuels made the hot, dry, and windy conditions that drove the recent deadly fires around Los Angeles about 35 times more likely to occur, an international team of scientists concluded in a rapid attribution analysis released Tuesday.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 29 Jan. 2025
Multiple states also have either a high wind warning or windy advisory, including most of the state of Michigan.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
There is a chance that red flag warnings could be extended in the windiest areas through Friday.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The quick laces were easy to tighten and loosen especially on cold, windy days when his fingers would have struggled to untie knots.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Windy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windy. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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