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   windy

   /ˈwɪndi/

   adjective

   • 1. characterized by or exposed to strong winds: "a very windy day" Similar breezyblowyfreshblusterygustywildstormysquallytempestuousturbulentwutheringrare:boisterousblusterouswindsweptexposedunprotectedopen to the elementsbarebleakOpposite stillwindlesssheltered
   • 2. suffering from, marked by, or causing an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal. British
   • 3. using or expressed in many words that sound impressive but mean little: informal "the way to save time in an exam is by omitting windy phrases" Similar verboselong-windedwordyprolixlengthyoverlongprolongedprotractedlong-drawn-outtedioustalkativegarrulousvolubleloquaciousramblingmeanderingrepetitioustautologicalperiphrasticcircumlocutorytortuousinformal:talkyrare:pleonasticOpposite concisesuccinct
   • 4. (of a person) nervous or anxious about something. informal British Similar nervousanxiousworriedapprehensiveon edgeedgytensestressedfretfuluneasyjumpywith one's stomach in knotsfrightenedscaredafraidfearfulinformal:with butterflies in one's stomachjitterytwitchytrepidatiousin a stateuptightin a stewin a ditherall of a ditherin a sweatin a flapin a tizz/tizzyall of a latherhet upin a twitterstrung upstressyall of a doodahspookysquirrellyin a twittoeydated:overstrungOpposite calmunperturbed

   Word Origin Old Englishwindig (see wind1, -y1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. windily adverb
   • 2. windiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   What is windy adjective?

   • (of a place) getting a lot of wind (informal, disapproving) (of speech) involving speaking for longer than necessary and in a way that is complicated and not clear Definition of windy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   What does windy weather mean?

   • It is looking unsettled and often windy with areas of low pressure moving in from the Atlantic. If it is windy, the wind is blowing a lot. The sun was setting after a day of windy weather. 6 meanings: 1. of, characterized by, resembling, or relating to wind; stormy 2. swept by or open to powerful winds 3. marked by.... Click for more definitions.

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   What is a windy day?

   • a windy day. a windy hill. a windy tempest of activity. toward the wind; windward. unsubstantial or empty. of the nature of, characterized by, or given to prolonged, empty talk; voluble; verbose; bombastic. characterized by or causing flatulence. Chiefly Scot. boastful. slang. before 900; Middle English; Old English windig. See wind 1, -y 1

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   What is the meaning of wind?

   • Literal and directly connected senses. I.1.a. Consisting of wind; of or pertaining to (the) wind; having the command of the winds, as a heathen deity; indicating or suggesting wind. Ða com windi yst. The wyndy Storm began to skarse. As when a windy tempest bloweth hye. March departed with his windy rage. If sterne Neptunes windie powre preuaile.

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    windy. adjective. /ˈwɪndi/. /ˈwɪndi/. (comparative windier, superlative windiest) (of weather, etc.) with a lot of wind. a windy day. It’s too windy to go out in the boat. It’s getting very windy.