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drafty

especially British, ܲ·

[draf-tee, drahf-]

adjective

draftier, draftiest 
  1. characterized by or admitting currents of air, usually uncomfortable.



drafty

/ ˈɑːڳɪ /

adjective

  1. the usual US spelling of draughty

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • draftily adverb
  • draftiness noun
  • ˈڳپԱ noun
  • ˈڳپ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of drafty1

First recorded in 1840–50; draft + -y 1
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Example Sentences

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And while it sometimes feels a bit drafty in the corners, the accomplishment itself is plenty.

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By Sunday night, the Hearts had been sitting in their buckets for two days in a drafty tent just south of the Rose Bowl.

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On a brisk mid-March night in the small Northern California town of Grass Valley, more than 100 people crowded around a Grateful Dead cover band in a drafty warehouse.

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I’m not talking about a motel in the boonies of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan or a drafty log cabin on a lake in Maine or Minnesota.

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Large and drafty, the plastered walls still wet, the house was called the “great castle” by Abigail Adams.

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