Crossword clues for windier
windier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Windy \Wind"y\, a. [Compar. Windier; superl. Windiest.] [AS. windig.]
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Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind. ``The windy hill.''
--M. Arnold.Blown with the windy tempest of my heart.
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Next the wind; windward.
It keeps on the windy side of care.
--Shak. Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.
Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food.
Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines. ``A windy colic.''
--Arbuthnot.-
Fig.: Empty; airy. ``Windy joy.''
--Milton.Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored.
--South.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparativewindy)
WordNet
adj. abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff" [syn: blowy, breezy]
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" [syn: long-winded, tedious, verbose, wordy]
See windy
Usage examples of "windier".
Weather everywhere would change, becoming windier and drier in the Northern Hemisphere, and colder in places, especially in Europe.
By noon it was a different day, warmer, windier, all blue, crisp and squinting, sunlight beginning to butter us in godliness.
Main Street itself began to alter, wider than we recalled, windier and more riddled with potholes and litter.
That is just to say that it was typically colder and windier in Nederland than in Boulder.
The weather was windier now, moving the low cloud but breaking it up, too.
It was like some demented theology debate in the windier corners of chat-room limbo.