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Synonyms for windiness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : win-dee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪn di |
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Définition of windiness
Origin :- Old English windig; see wind (n.1) + -y (2).
- As in flatulence : noun pomposity
- As in wordiness : noun verbosity
- As in pleonasm : noun wordiness
- As in prolixity : noun wordiness
- As in verboseness : noun wordiness
- Terrence completes his circle right there and stultifies all his windiness.
- Extract from : « The Little Lady of the Big House » by Jack London
- "Windiness" and irrelevancy are the twin evils of conversations in fiction.
- Extract from : « How to Write a Novel » by Anonymous
- The author does it so well because he tells his story with great simplicity and without what I believe he would call "windiness."
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, May 28, 1919. » by Various
- If, as has been said, "windiness" is the chief fault of the beginner, where can he learn to correct that error more quickly?
- Extract from : « How to Write a Novel » by Anonymous
- Flat′ulence, Flat′ulency, distension of the stomach or bowels by gases formed during digestion: windiness, emptiness.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
- In excess, it produces verbosity, talkativeness, and "windiness" of expression.
- Extract from : « How to Read Human Nature » by William Walker Atkinson
- The mechanical theory is a necessary reaction against romance that has decayed into windiness, extravagance, and incoherence.
- Extract from : « The Art of Letters » by Robert Lynd
- The remedies which they use are large clysters, whereby they void store of windiness.
- Extract from : « Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. » by Francois Rabelais
- Flatulence is not inserted; but Flatulency is said to be 'windiness; fulness of wind.'
- Extract from : « Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works » by Anonymous
Antonyms for windiness
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