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windy

/ˈwɪn.di/ adjective A2
  1. Accompanied by wind. · It was a long and windy night.
  2. Unsheltered and open to the wind. · They shagged in a windy bus shelter.
  3. Empty and lacking substance. · They made windy promises they would not keep.
  4. Long-winded; orally verbose.
  5. Flatulent. (informal) · The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy.
  6. Nervous, frightened. (slang)

Comparative windier · Superlative windiest

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## IX WINDY NIGHTS
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 3 · C1
“Pooh,” said Caderousse; “it is so windy that your hat can easily appear to have blown off.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 687 · C1
Fall is cool and windy.
Clothes for Every Season, p. 1 · A1

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