abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff"
Used in a Sentence
windy
How to use windy in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for windy.
Editorial note
If it's windy, there's more or less no problem.
Examples11
Definitions4
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Quick take
abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of windy gathered in one view.
not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"
resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability; "a windy dash home"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for windy.
adjective
abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff"
adjective
not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for getting rich"
See also: airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan
adjective
resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability; "a windy dash home"
adjective
using or containing too many words; "long-winded (or windy) speakers"; "verbose and ineffective instructional methods"; "newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials"; "proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes"
See also: long-winded, tedious, verbose, wordy
Example sentences
If it's windy, there's more or less no problem.
Just curious if Martian weather tends to be windy or calm.
Its hot, cold, windy, the rain lashes at you, and the snow and sleet pelt you at high velocity.
It was a windy day, and she was walking in front of Sears on 79th, trying to keep her scarf from blowing away.
> Just curious if Martian weather tends to be windy or calm Another good question.
You would find the top of the CN tower an endlessly windy, environmentally unfriendly place.
It can be a hundred reasons, it is either a bad/defective kite, it may not be windy enough, or you have to run faster for it to fly.
This generates heat because you are compressing the air of course but its windy so you've got heat sink vanes in the air flow being cooled by convection.
One is to just go back down, but descending a road that steep and windy, especially given that there's basically always a cliff on one side, is pretty frightening.
That water taxi is particularly windy, bumpy and beautiful.
If the pumps were to run relatively heavily on a relatively windy and warm winter's day, the fresh water in the plant's veins would freeze overnight and present a serious risk of death or inconvenience to the tree.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use windy in a sentence?
If it's windy, there's more or less no problem.
What does windy mean?
abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff"
What part of speech is windy?
windy is commonly used as adjective.