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blustery
What does blustery mean?
blustery (adjective): blowing in loud and abrupt bursts.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use blustery in a sentence?
- Today is such a cold blustery day! (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce blustery?
/ˈblʌstəɹi/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does blustery come from?
From bluster + -y.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to blustery
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “blustery” mean?
inspiring mixed contempt and pity
Not quite: that's what pathetic means.
blowing in loud and abrupt bursts
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being nothing more than specified
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communicated in the form of words
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