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storm·y       [stawr-mee] Pronunciation Key
–adjective, storm·i·er, storm·i·est.
1.affected, characterized by, or subject to storms; tempestuous: a stormy sea.
2.characterized by violent commotion, actions, speech, passions, etc.: a stormy debate.
[Origin: 1150–1200; ME; OE stormig. See storm, -y1]

—Related forms
storm·i·ly, adverb
storm·i·ness, noun
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storm·y       (stôr'mē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   storm·i·er, storm·i·est
  1. Subject to, characterized by, or affected by storms; tempestuous.
  2. Characterized by violent emotions, passions, speech, or actions: a stormy argument.

storm'i·ly adv., storm'i·ness n.
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stormy

adjective
1. (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas" [ant: calm] 
2. characterized by violent emotions or behavior; "a stormy argument"; "a stormy marriage" 

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Stormy

Storm"y\, a. [Compar. Stormier; superl. Stormiest.]

1. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week. "Beyond the stormy Hebrides." --Milton.

2. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks.

3. Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions.

Stormy chiefs of a desert but extensive domain. --Sir W. Scott.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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