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Definition of Gusty
1. Adjective. Blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts. "Gusty winds "
Definition of Gusty
1. a. Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous.
Definition of Gusty
1. Adjective. (context: of wind) blowing in gusts; blustery ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gusty
1. blowing in gusts [adj GUSTIER, GUSTIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gusty
Literary usage of Gusty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions to the Natural History of Alaska: Results of Investigations by Lucien McShan Turner (1886)
"April 5: Gale from the southwest, very gusty; wet snow fell.—April 6: Moderate
snow fell. ... June 3 : gusty gale from the northwest ; moderate rain ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"But, dear gusty, remember how much to your advantage that settlement woulc Lave
been." " I only remember the shame I felt on hearing of it, and my sorrow ..."
3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"Then launched they to the blast, Bent like a reed each mast, Yet we were gaming
fast, When the wind failed us; And with a sudden flaw Came round the gusty ..."
4. Flying Machines: Construction and Operation; a Practical Book which Shows by William James Jackman, Thomas Herbert Russell, Octave Chanute (1910)
"As the velocity increases, How Birds Change Direction of Flight. however, the
wind generally becomes gusty and fitful in its action. ..."
5. Flying Machines: Construction and Operation; a Practical Book which Shows by William James Jackman, Thomas Herbert Russell, Octave Chanute (1912)
"As the velocity increases, How Birds Change Direction of Flight. however, the
wind generally becomes gusty and fitful in its action. ..."
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