Gusty
['gʌstɪ] or ['ɡʌsti]
Definition
(adj.) blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts; 'puffy off-shore winds'; 'gusty winds ' .
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Definition
(a.) Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Stormy, tempestuous, windy, squally, blustering.
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Examples
- She sat upon the ground absorbed in wordless despair, when through the gusty wind and bickering rain she thought she heard her name called. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Everything went on, now that the strain of the conflict had ceased, rather laxly, rather weakly, and with a gusty and uncertain temper. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On sleeping, I continued in dreams the idea of a dark and gusty night. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Fanny, knowing her habits, had lit her a cheerful little fire, as the weather was so gusty and chill. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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