Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Abounding with windmills.
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Examples
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His son _Alexander_, the Young Obadiah, is prettily played by Mr. GORDON CRAIG, who is a trifle too windmilly with his hands and arms; but in the whole play nothing becomes him so well as the pathos of his broken-hearted exit.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 23, 1891 Various
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A windmilly country this, though the windmills are so damp and rickety, that they nearly knock themselves off their legs at every turn of their sails, and creak in loud complaint.
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A windmilly country this, though the windmills are so damp and rickety, that they nearly knock themselves off their legs at every turn of their sails, and creak in loud complaint.
The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens 1841
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