gusty.

Having frequent brief increases in wind strength.

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Words that belong together

• gusty wind
• gusty conditions

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The gusty wind kept snapping the sail against its mast.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Comparative more gusty; superlative most gusty when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.