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Definition of Blowy
1. Adjective. Abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes. "A windy bluff"
Similar to: Stormy
Derivative terms: Blow, Breeze, Breeziness, Wind, Windiness
Definition of Blowy
1. a. Windy; as, blowy weather; a blowy upland.
Definition of Blowy
1. Adjective. windy or breezy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blowy
1. windy [adj BLOWIER, BLOWIEST] - See also: windy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blowy
Literary usage of Blowy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in the English by Charles John Smith (1893)
"Still sing the God of seasons as they roll. For me, when I formet the darling theme.
Whether the blossom blowy, the summer ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"*blowy [bloa-i], adj. blustering, of the wind. " It's a bit blowy this mornin';
ah dait it'll cobble th' apples off" [It)su bit- ..."
3. The Correspondence of Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt (1862)
"... was not only snow falling again the day before yesterday, but that a lump of
it, never melted, was actually lying in Hyde Park. Snowy, blowy, Flowy ..."
4. Public Health by Society of Community Medicine (Great Britain), Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene (Great Britain), Society of Medical Officers of Health, Society of Community Medicine (1899)
"put on the inside or outside to shut off the current in blowy weather. So constructed,
the force of the wind usually projects the incoming current of air ..."
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