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windy

US /ˈwɪndi/

adjective Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

It was too windy to hold the ceremony outside.

Word Family

NounNoun
wind windiness
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
windy gốc
AdverbAdv
windily

Synonyms

  • breezyfresh and animated
  • gustyblowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
  • stormy(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion

Collocations

  • Easy cold and windy day
    describing cold and windy day (a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs))
  • Medium cancel outdoor corporate events due to windy weather
    to cancel outdoor corporate events due to windy weather, meaning to postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
  • Hard structural tolerance of towers under severe windy conditions
    describing structural tolerance of towers under severe windy conditions (relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure)
  • Very Hard dismissed as windy rhetoric devoid of substantive policy
    to dismissed as windy rhetoric devoid of substantive policy, meaning to bar from attention or consideration

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