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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
windy
    adj 1: abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy
           weather"; "a windy bluff" [syn: blowy, breezy,
           windy]
    2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories
       about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for
       getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary,
       Laputan, windy]
    3: resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability; "a windy
       dash home"
    4: 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, windy, wordy]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Windy \Wind"y\, a. [Compar. Windier; superl. Windiest.] [AS.
   windig.]
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   1. Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind;
      exposed to wind. "The windy hill." --M. Arnold.
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            Blown with the windy tempest of my heart. --Shak.
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   2. Next the wind; windward.
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            It keeps on the windy side of care.   --Shak.
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   3. Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather.
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   4. Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines;
      flatulent; as, windy food.
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   5. Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines. "A
      windy colic." --Arbuthnot.
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   6. Fig.: Empty; airy. "Windy joy." --Milton.
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            Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory
            pleasure, for which I was dishonored. --South.
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Thesaurus Results for windy:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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