windy

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes“blowy weather”“a windy bluff”Synonyms: blowy breezy
not practical or realizable; speculative“airy theories about socioeconomic improvement”“visionary schemes for getting rich”Synonyms: airy impractical visionary Laputan
resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability“a windy dash home”
using or containing too many words“long-winded (or windy) speakers”“verbose and ineffective instructional methods”“newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials”“proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes”Synonyms: long-winded tedious verbose wordy

Windy \Wind"y\, a. [Compar. Windier; superl. Windiest.] [AS. windig.] [1913 Webster]

1.Consisting of wind; accompanied or characterized by wind; exposed to wind. "The windy hill." --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]

Blown with the windy tempest of my heart.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Next the wind; windward. [1913 Webster]

It keeps on the windy side of care.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather. [1913 Webster]

4.Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy food. [1913 Webster]

5.Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines. "A windy colic." --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]

6.Fig.: Empty; airy. "Windy joy." --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I was dishonored.— South.[1913 Webster]