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WINDINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does windiness mean?
• WINDINESS (noun)
The noun WINDINESS has 2 senses:
1. a mildly windy state of the air
2. boring verbosity
Familiarity information: WINDINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mildly windy state of the air
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
breeziness; windiness
Hypernyms ("windiness" is a kind of...):
storminess (the state of being stormy)
Derivation:
windy (abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Boring verbosity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
long-windedness; prolixity; prolixness; windiness; wordiness
Hypernyms ("windiness" is a kind of...):
verboseness; verbosity (an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words)
Attribute:
concise (expressing much in few words)
prolix (tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "windiness"):
flatulence; turgidity; turgidness (pompously embellished language)
Derivation:
windy (using or containing too many words)
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