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
Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
Golf Is For Everyone Unseasonably windy and chilly weather didn’t deter the nearly 60 golfers competing at Papago Golf Course in the inaugural Arizona Adaptive Open Championship, created and run by the Arizona Golf Association (AZ GOLF) and presented by PING.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
What to know about SoCal’s dry, windy weather forecast.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Critics argue that officials not only fumbled the response to the blaze but were also ill-prepared for the inferno to begin with—with hydrants running dry and at least one state reservoir sitting empty amid an unusually hot, dry and windy fire season in Southern California.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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Offshore wind also has particularly large potential for energy production since the areas off the coast where it’s generated are especially windy, have lots of room and don’t have to contend with angry homeowners, said Gerrard.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
Golf Is For Everyone Unseasonably windy and chilly weather didn’t deter the nearly 60 golfers competing at Papago Golf Course in the inaugural Arizona Adaptive Open Championship, created and run by the Arizona Golf Association (AZ GOLF) and presented by PING.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
What to know about SoCal’s dry, windy weather forecast.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Critics argue that officials not only fumbled the response to the blaze but were also ill-prepared for the inferno to begin with—with hydrants running dry and at least one state reservoir sitting empty amid an unusually hot, dry and windy fire season in Southern California.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Windy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windy. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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