windy
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- adjective
- /ˈwɪndi/
- She struggled to keep her hat on because it was so windy outside.
- a windy day
- windy conditions
- windy weather
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Watch on YouTubeAlso don't mind my hair, so windy and so cold.
- Also don't mind my hair, so windy and so cold.
- That's kind of a standard slightly windy New England day, all right.
- Today though, it's rainy, it's windy, it's dark and gloomy.
- But it was just a tremendously windy, windy, windy year.
- Can you imagine how windy it would be up there?
- But as you can see, it's very windy and it's cold.
- If it's a windy day, you don't leave the house.
- A very, very windy neighbourhood of Medway.
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It's not cold when it's not windy, but when it's windy, it's very cold.
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Good morning on what is sure to be a windy one.
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Can you imagine how windy it would be up there?
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It's been such a windy, windy spring.
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It's really windy, but she just loves it so much.
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It's a cold and windy winter night here in South London.
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It's been so windy tonight.
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It's pretty windy up here.
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Really cold and windy and wet from yesterday.
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One cold, windy day, my mother took me for a walk up the boardwalk.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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A wind that blows in sudden strong bursts
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Open to strong winds and often looking wild and empty
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A place or time with a light wind that makes you feel cool
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Windy weather with strong gusts that make noise
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Strong wind that blows in sudden loud gusts
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The weather has strong wind that moves things like leaves or umbrellas
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Very strong, noisy wind that blows in sudden bursts
Antonyms
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How Windy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Windy comes from wind meaning 'moving air' and the ending -y meaning 'full of'. So windy literally means 'full of wind', which is why we use it for weather or places with a lot of wind.