draftiness
- noun
- /ˈdræftɪnəs/
- US
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corrientes de aire
- During the winter months, the old windows often caused a sense of draftiness in the living room.
Examples
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Next summer, you can take your time and scrape, caulk, glaze, and paint the big windows, and it will make a big difference with the draftiness.
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For many of us, we live in homes constructed before 1980 and face shorter days and longer nights filled with cold air outside and sometimes a feeling of draftiness on the inside.
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The Logodaedalian Club was renowned for three things: the zest of its cuisine, the draftiness of its common rooms, and the verbal wit of its leading members.
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To reduce draftiness, we had to install weatherstripping along the doors and windows.
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The draftiness in the office made it uncomfortable to work without wearing a jacket.
Synonyms
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3.1
A small flow of cold air that moves through a room or fireplace
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3.6
How cold the air feels when the wind blows
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1.0
A light, pleasant cold in the air or shade
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1.0
A feeling or condition of low temperature
A slight cold feeling in the air or on your body
Extreme cold that makes you shiver
Very cold temperature or lack of warmth
Antonyms
How Airtight
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Draftiness comes from draft, which means a 'current of air', like cold air coming in through a gap in a window. So draftiness is the quality of a place having cold air moving through it.