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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
windy
1. abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes (Freq. 2)
- blowy weather
- a windy bluff
• Syn:
blowy, breezy
• Similar to:
stormy
• Derivationally related forms:
windiness, wind, breeze (for: breezy), breeziness (for: breezy), blow (for: blowy)
2. resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability
- a windy dash home
• Similar to:
fast
• Derivationally related forms:
wind
3. 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
• Syn:
long-winded, tedious, verbose, wordy
• Similar to:
prolix
• Derivationally related forms:
wordiness (for: wordy), windiness, wind, verboseness (for: verbose), verbosity (for: verbose), tediousness (for: tedious), long-windedness (for: long-winded)
4. not practical or realizable;
speculative
- airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
- visionary schemes for getting rich
• Syn:
airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan
• Similar to:
utopian
• Derivationally related forms:
Laputa (for: Laputan), visionary (for: visionary), vision (for: visionary), impracticality (for: impractical)
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