Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being windy or tempestuous: as, the windiness of the weather or season.
- noun Flatulence.
- noun Tendency to generate wind (gas): as, the windiness of vegetables.
- noun Tumor; puffiness; vanity; boastfulness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous.
- noun Fullness of wind; flatulence.
- noun Tendency to generate wind or gas; tendency to produce flatulence.
- noun Tumor; puffiness.
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- noun The state of being
windy (in all meanings)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun boring verbosity
- noun a mildly windy state of the air
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Examples
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(Indeed, the construction was completed with much-praised efficiency, although there have been some criticisms, such as windiness in the stadium, which could impede track-and-field athletes.
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(Indeed, the construction was completed with much-praised efficiency, although there have been some criticisms, such as windiness in the stadium, which could impede track-and-field athletes.
Reinventing Sydney 2008
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In cooking them, he directs them to be “unscaled, to vent the windiness which is in them, being sodden with their scales; whereof lust and disposition to venery might arise,” p. 168.] [Footnote 222: See the recipe for “Creme of Almonde Mylk,”
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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But this unseasonable warmth is about over as cooler air streams in tonight, followed by excessive windiness tomorrow.
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Terrence completes his circle right there and stultifies all his windiness.
CHAPTER XI 2010
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He knew already the empty windiness of its threats, but he was careful of the mainsheet blocks, and walked around the traveller instead of over it.
CHAPTER IV 2010
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By mid-century, most areas will see barely any change in their windiness, and those that will see a drop weren't great sites for wind power in the first place, the researchers say.
Mason Inman: The Climate Post: The World Has Passed Peak Oil, Says Top Economist Mason Inman 2011
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By mid-century, most areas will see barely any change in their windiness, and those that will see a drop weren't great sites for wind power in the first place, the researchers say.
Mason Inman: The Climate Post: The World Has Passed Peak Oil, Says Top Economist Mason Inman 2011
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It's not a perfect solution to the play's windiness, but it's gutsy, and the implications of the vivid theatrics stay with you well after the show is done.
In Olney Theatre Center's 'Trumpery,' the big ideas survive, even soar 2010
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The current version of Arcade Fire is a seven-piece band that builds momentum within each song unfurling guitar chords that ripple alongside the windiness of the band's lyrics.
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