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blowier

blowier is the comparative form of blowy.

Meaning of blowy

Adjective

blowy (comparative blowier, superlative blowiest)

  1. Windy or breezy.
    • All my doors open! this blowy night! reminds me of the Lisbon earthquake; but my storm-cap has protected me.1789, John O’Keeffe, Modern Antiques; or, The Merry Mourners, Act II, Scene 3, in The Dramatic Works of John O’Keeffe, London, 1798, Volume I, p. 351
  2. Billowy, blowing or waving in the wind. (of fabric, hair, etc.)
    • […] I remember now. You had the sun behind you, filtering through your amazing blowy hair, red hair […]2012, Dawn French, chapter 16, in Oh Dear Silvia, Penguin
  3. Susceptible to drifting. (of soil)
    • And fall plowing except on blowy soils also will be good for the spring sown crops.1929, U.S. Department of Agriculture Radio Service, Office of Information, Farm Science Snapshots, 19 October, 1929

Questions about blowier

What is blowier the comparative form of?
Blowier is the comparative form of blowy.

Words near blowier in the dictionary

  1. blowholing
  2. blowhorn
  3. blowhorns
  4. Blowick
  5. blowie
  6. blowier
  7. blowies
  8. blowiest
  9. blowin'
  10. blowing
  11. blowing a cloud

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