Antonyms for windy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : win-dee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪn di


Definition of windy

Origin :
  • Old English windig; see wind (n.1) + -y (2).
  • adj breezy
  • adj talkative; boastful
Example sentences :
  • There's nothing like sitting still after a windy day on camel back.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • I told you not to keep on the windy side, Mark, but to let us change and change about.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Once more it was Mr Coningham, riding hitherward from the windy trees.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • One says it has been wet, and another it has been windy, and another it has been warm.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • It was, indeed, a cheerless encampment for a cold, windy December night.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • Lantern in hand, she splashed out into the wet, windy darkness.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • His expression as he listened had been changing like the sky on a windy day in April.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Aye, but it's a pity he doesna' bide there, for he's naething to be windy of when he comes out of it.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • It described her attempt to climb to the top of an omnibus on a windy day.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • We leave them in the early morning and get down into the windy station at Valence.
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy

Synonyms for windy

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