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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bluhs-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈblʌs tər |
Definition of blustery
Origin :- 1707, from bluster (n.) + -y (2). Blustering in this sense is recorded from 1510s.
- adj stormy
- Its climate, except for a few months of summer, is raw and blustery.
- Extract from : « Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark » by Jens Christian Aaberg
- The next night was a dirty one—no rain to speak of, but dark and blustery.
- Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting
- When he reached Cincinnati it was snowing, a windy, blustery snow.
- Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser
- A fine, calm day, though cold, had succeeded the blustery one.
- Extract from : « Ned Wilding's Disappearance » by Allen Chapman
- And like a puff of wholesome, blustery wind the doctor was off.
- Extract from : « Heart of the West » by O. Henry
- Just a narrow neck of land had separated them that blustery night.
- Extract from : « Burned Bridges » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
- The blustery afternoon settled into a calm as the sun went down, and a change came with the night.
- Extract from : « The Colossus » by Opie Read
- It had been a blustery day, and as night came on the wind increased in violence, until it fairly howled around Oak Hall.
- Extract from : « Dave Porter and the Runaways » by Edward Stratemeyer
- His manners were by no means agreeable to Andrew; he was quite too "blustery," and was dangerous when in one of his fits.
- Extract from : « The Underground Railroad » by William Still
- To play three rounds over Blackheath on a cold, blustery winters day is a mans task.
- Extract from : « The Golf Courses of the British Isles » by Bernard Darwin
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