Adjective, : a windy day. ,a windy hill. ,a windy tempest of activity. From Dictionary.com.
Correctors to expel windiness, and costiveness helped. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
So, kinda Poisson, with windiness being a very rare event. From Wordnik.com. [Parker 2006: An Urban Myth? « Climate Audit] Reference
Is Parker using the average windiness for the day, or the peak windiness. From Wordnik.com. [Parker 2006: An Urban Myth? « Climate Audit] Reference
Speaking of windiness, if only we could harness Congress for wind power. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Germany to Stop Subsidizing Coal:] Reference
This removes the issue of “specifying” windy as the top third of windiness. From Wordnik.com. [Responses from Parker « Climate Audit] Reference
You may want to capture cloudiness and windiness data from a nearby weather station. From Wordnik.com. [Latex Matters « Climate Audit] Reference
I cried out on him as a scoundrel, though vexed with myself for such mere windiness of utterance. From Wordnik.com. [Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference
It's not perfect, not without its flaws, and at 759 pages not without more than a little windiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Last-and Best—of Harry Potter] Reference
Douglas Hoyt #37 pointed out that there could be a correlation between degree of windiness and temperature. From Wordnik.com. [Parker 2006: An Urban Myth? « Climate Audit] Reference
Both these starred values should be more slowly varying, because the jitteriness of the windiness factor has been taken out. From Wordnik.com. [More ISO-2000 Weather Stations from Jones and Hansen « Climate Audit] Reference
I think Parker has addressed the question of windiness to the extent that he can, without expanding the scope of his activities by an order of magnitude. From Wordnik.com. [Parker 2006: An Urban Myth? « Climate Audit] Reference
The repetition of wind, in subtly different senses, heightens the immediacy of the referent while echoing other reminders of Milan's windiness in the fall. From Wordnik.com. [A Reader's Manifesto] Reference
Parts of the US also have a far better climate for solar than any part of Germany, and I doubt anywhere in Europe can match OK, NM, and west TX for windiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Germany to Stop Subsidizing Coal:] Reference
It was the windiness of this corner which was responsible for Tom Appleton's suggestion (he was the brother-in-law of Longfellow) that a shorn lamb be tethered here. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth] Reference
The current version of Arcade Fire is a seven-piece band that builds momentum within each song unfurling guitar chords that ripple alongside the windiness of the band's lyrics. From Wordnik.com. [Arcade Fire: Turning An Ear Toward 'The Suburbs'] Reference
Flatulency, windiness in the stomach and intestines. From Wordnik.com. [The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.] Reference
During his talk, he'd make a comment about the day's windiness and laugh. From Wordnik.com. [CampusProgress.org] Reference
There's an undeniable authenticity to this kind of off-the-cuff windiness. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
Terrence completes his circle right there and stultifies all his windiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady of the Big House] Reference
The remedies which they use are large clysters, whereby they void store of windiness. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4] Reference
The mechanical theory is a necessary reaction against romance that has decayed into windiness, extravagance, and incoherence. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Letters] Reference
A third pilot reported windiness during takeoff but said there was smooth air and dropped-off winds when he got above 10,000 feet. From Wordnik.com. [CNN.com] Reference
It was a perfect day, golden and perfumed, with just that little tang of fresh windiness that June days have in the northern states. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose-Garden Husband] Reference
At the same time, a decline in sea ice caused increased windiness; this created more mixing in the ocean, further slowing plankton growth. From Wordnik.com. [YubaNet.com] Reference
Able to write from a male point of view, Calisher also had an aphoristic touch that brings fresh air to a narrative at risk of mere windiness. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He knew already the empty windiness of its threats, but he was careful of the mainsheet blocks, and walked around the traveller instead of over it. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry of the Islands] Reference
To what extent windiness affects the degree of UHI. From Wordnik.com. [More ISO-2000 Weather Stations from Jones and Hansen « Climate Audit] Reference
Details on windiness: The suggestions you’re making are not unreasonable, but they are not the study that he did. From Wordnik.com. [Parker 2006: An Urban Myth? « Climate Audit] Reference
"The rifs gale was exceeded only by the windiness of those sailors who had actually guided the Slanderscree up and over the Bent Ocean. From Wordnik.com. [The Deluge Drivers]
How is “windiness” measured?. From Wordnik.com. [Responses from Parker « Climate Audit] Reference
He is not using average windiness. From Wordnik.com. [Parker 2006: An Urban Myth? « Climate Audit] Reference
No possible defence for that — sheer windiness. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
It was his windiness which made him talk. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger in the Smoke]
Flat-u-len-çy, windiness a. Fo-li-a-ted, leaved a. For-mi-da-ble, terrible. From Wordnik.com. [The Scholar's Spelling Assistant; Wherein the Words Are Arranged on an Improved Plan, According to Their Respective Principles of Accentuation. In a Manner Calculated to Familiarize the Art of Spelling and Pronunciation, to Remove Difficulties, and to Facilitate General Improvement Intended for the Use of Schools and Private Tuition] Reference
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