— windily , adv. — windiness , n.
/win"dee/ , adj., windier, windiest .
1. accompanied or characterized by wind: a windy day.
2. exposed to or swept by the wind: a windy hill.
3. consisting of or resembling wind: a windy tempest of activity.
4. toward the wind; windward.
5. unsubstantial or empty.
6. of the nature of, characterized by, or given to prolonged, empty talk; voluble; verbose; bombastic.
7. characterized by or causing flatulence.
8. Chiefly Scot. boastful.
[ bef. 900; ME; OE windig. See WIND 1 , -Y 1 ]