How to spell windy

hear itwind·y/'wɪndi/adjectiveStarter

What it means: Having a lot of strong moving air.

In a sentence: The kite flew high in the windy sky.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as windey or wendy.

Same family: wind, winds, windier, windiest, windiness. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Windy comes from the noun 'wind' plus the adjective-forming suffix '-y,' which often means 'full of' or 'characterized by.' English has many similar weather words with '-y,' such as 'rainy,' 'cloudy,' and 'snowy.'

Patterns it uses: Change y to i?

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