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In some senses, gusty is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
strong
VERB + GUSTY
call, give
GUSTY + NOUN
breast, breeze, moon, pla, trees, wink
PREP.
among, in, with
ADV.
really, then
adj
Of wind: blowing in gusts; blustery; tempestuous.
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, / The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, / The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, / And the highwayman came riding— / Riding—riding— / The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door.
Characterized by or occurring in instances of sudden strong expression.
A change evidently came over the countess's thoughts; her thin lips grew white (her eyes remained the same), and her voice when she spoke evidently surprised even herself by the violence of its gusty outburst.
'No, no, no,' she said. 'Who could be disloyal to you, Miss?' And then the gusty tears came.
Bombastic, verbose.
“I am a man of few words,” shouted a red-necked House member as he started his second hour of a gusty speech.
From the vigorous, warm, gusty oratory of the Gallican apologists, we pass into a thinner and cooler and quieter atmosphere, that of the Spanish lecture-room.
adj
With gusto
His lips, warm with his words, caught hers in a gusty kiss.
I give her a gusty wink.
adjective — blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, / The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, / The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, / And the highwayman came
WiktionaryA change evidently came over the countess's thoughts; her thin lips grew white (her eyes remained the same), and her voice when she spoke evidently surprised even herself by the violence of its gusty
Wiktionary'No, no, no,' she said. 'Who could be disloyal to you, Miss?' And then the gusty tears came.
WiktionaryHis lips, warm with his words, caught hers in a gusty kiss.
WiktionaryI give her a gusty wink.
WiktionaryThe prime aim of the Bondo dormitory is selection of marriage partners and they are free to have sexual experiences, but not, of course, intercourse, which the boys call with a gusty smile "breast pla
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In some senses, gusty is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.