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windiness

windiness

2.3
How much wind there is in the air
  • noun
  • /ˈwɪndɪnəs/
translation icon : ventosidad
  • "Just seems peculiar to me," my grandmother said, "somebody getting all worked up about a few harmless windiness." She looked at our visitor with a fond expression.

Examples

  • "You're right—and I can't really think of anything else, but there was something about what he was telling me, something really interesting and uncluttered, and something in the sound of his voice; it was pitched very low, and there was a windiness.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The windiness on the beach made it a perfect day for flying kites.

  • During the spring, the windiness often helped to clear the air after the rain.

  • We enjoyed the pleasant windiness while sipping coffee on the patio.

Synonyms

breeze
vswindiness
201 1.0

A light cool wind that feels pleasant

describes the ongoing state of air movement rather than a single gust
breeziness
vswindiness
3.5

A light wind that makes the air feel cool

is a neutral term for presence of air movement without pleasant focus

Antonyms

stillness
38 3.5

A time of complete quiet and no movement that feels calm

calmness
1 1.0

Weather with little wind or waves

How Windy

storm
∞ 1.0
gale
24 5.8
windiness
2.3
breeze
201 1.0
calm
735 1.0

Surface Forms

windiness singular
windinesses plural

Morphology

windiness = windy (transparent) = wind + windy + y + ness

Standard nominalization from the adjective 'windy' using the productive suffix '-ness'; the meaning follows directly from 'wind' -> 'windy' -> 'windiness'.

Etymology

Windiness comes from the simple word wind, meaning 'air that moves', plus the ending -ness, which shows a 'state or quality'. So windiness is the state of being windy — how much the air is blowing.