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

Example sentences :

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

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