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Antonyms for drafty
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : draf-tee, drahf- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdræf ti, ˈdrɑf- |
Definition of drafty
Origin :- 1580s, from draft + -y (2). Related: Draftiness.
- As in windy : adj breezy
- As in breezy : adj windy
- As in chilly : adj cold
- As in pneumatic : adj airy
- As in airy : adj open to the atmosphere
- The first is healthy so far as pure air is concerned, but drafty and uncomfortable.
- Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden
- Babies should not be allowed to sit or play on cold, drafty floors.
- Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
- So drafty was the entrance that no candle would stay lighted.
- Extract from : « The Purple Flame » by Roy J. Snell
- The room was drafty and barren except for one long table and benches.
- Extract from : « The Cry at Midnight » by Mildred A. Wirt
- The lodge was cold and drafty, and as he was without a robe he began to shiver violently.
- Extract from : « Spotted Deer » by Elmer Gregor
- It will be lots of fun standing out in a drafty hall looking for Amanda while you girls are having a feast.
- Extract from : « Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall » by Janet D. Wheeler
- They sat about the fire in the drafty tepee, eating off bits of birch bark.
- Extract from : « The Bungalow Boys North of Fifty-Three » by Dexter J. Forrester
- She changed the large, drafty rooms of the old palace into charming reflections of her own personality.
- Extract from : « The Purple Heights » by Marie Conway Oemler
- He knelt on the drafty hearth, placed the bag of gold beside his knee, and thrust both arms into the black maw of the chimney.
- Extract from : « The Harbor Master » by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
- It had been built in Elizabethan times and was cold, drafty and uncomfortable, with not one modern convenience.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
Synonyms for drafty
- aerial
- airy
- arctic
- atmospheric
- biting
- blowing
- blowy
- blustering
- blusterous
- blustery
- boisterous
- breezy
- brisk
- cool
- crisp
- drafty
- exposed
- fluttering
- freezing
- fresh
- frosty
- gaseous
- glacial
- gusty
- hawkish
- icebox
- icy
- light
- lofty
- nippy
- out-of-doors
- penetrating
- raw
- sharp
- snappy
- squally
- stormy
- tempestuous
- uncluttered
- vaporous
- ventilated
- well-ventilated
- wild
- windswept
- windy
- wintry
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