blowy C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈbloʊi/ UK /ˈbləʊi/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj characterized by strong wind; windy or gusty It was too blowy to keep the umbrella open on the pier. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · characterized by strong... windygustybreezyblusterysquallyairy ↔ Opposites calmstillwindless Word family Derived forms blowiness Related forms blow Etymology AI details From blow + -y; blow descends from Old English blāwan ('to blow'), from Proto-Germanic *blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bhleh- ('to blow'). blāwan Old English *bʰleh₁- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # blowy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈbloʊi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbləʊi/ ## Meanings 1. characterized by strong wind; windy or gusty ## Examples - It was too blowy to keep the umbrella open on the pier. ## Synonyms - windy - gusty - breezy - blustery - squally - airy ## Antonyms - calm - still - windless ## Derived Forms - blowiness ## Related Forms - blow ## Roots and Affixes - Root: blāwan - Root: *bʰleh₁- ## Etymology From blow + -y; blow descends from Old English blāwan ('to blow'), from Proto-Germanic *blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bhleh- ('to blow'). ## AI Etymology Blowy comes from blow + -y; blow descends from Old English blāwan ('to blow'), from Proto-Germanic *blēaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bhleh- ('to blow'). The historical trail runs through blāwan in Old English and *bʰleh₁- in Proto-Indo-European. Morphologically, blowy is transparent: it draws on blow + -y. Used as an adjective, blowy now means "characterized by strong wind; windy or gusty", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as blowiness and related forms such as blow. The modern word remains analyzable through its parts, which makes the semantic connection unusually direct. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown