EGAVE

squally

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Characterized by squalls, or sudden violent bursts of wind; gusty.
  2. adjective Producing or characteristic of loud wails.
  3. adjective Having unproductive wet spots due to poor drainage.
  4. adjective Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty.

Similar words

stormy squalling unquiet squallish gusty drafty dirty galelike wind-lashed shuckish

Often followed by

weather and with winds wind night day showers rain

Word family

squallier squalliest

Save “squally” to learn later