windy

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I went to bed when it was just kind of windy, and woke up to a light rain after everything was over.

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  1. adjective Characterized by or abounding in wind: a windy night.
  2. adjective Open to the wind; unsheltered: a windy terrace.
  3. adjective Resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability: a windy dash homeward.
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  • Denver looks windy, and there are a few snow flurries, but planes are clearly taking off and landing, so I'm not worried. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • Chicago is called the windy city - and though it is almost as busy as New York, the noise of traffic and mass humanity are only a small part of its sound identity. —  Hawaii Reporter
  • The road through Middle Earth is long and windy, and now it's been mapped by Google. —  ClickZ News Blog
  • I went to bed when it was just kind of windy, and woke up to a light rain after everything was over. —  #!/usr/bin/mom
  • "At the big hill it was a bit too windy, and the decision was very good," Schlierenzauer said. —  Home - BostonHerald.com
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  1. from Middle English windy, windi, from Anglo-Saxon windig, full of wind, from wind, wind (see wind), + -y.
 

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