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Meanings of drafty in English

Not airtight.

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Examples for "draughty"
1
The room is very draughty: I fear it will give you cold.
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
2
Perhaps it is because their own houses are so draughty and uncomfortable.
Kimono
3
It is too draughty up here, just at present, for my taste.
The Literary World Seventh Reader
4
Dick had to make do with the draughty side by the wall.
The secret river
5
This place is so draughty, and I am afraid of the bears!
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel
Usage of drafty in English
1
Lili wondered as they talked, as darkness fell in the drafty building.
Gratitude
2
One aunt lived upstairs and an uncle out on the drafty porch.
The new yorker
3
Nothing is more uncomfortable in winter than cold and drafty floors.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
4
I just needed to extract myself politely and get my drafty rear upstairs.
Through the grinder
5
Steven rubbed his hands together in the suddenly damp, drafty office.
Torment
6
And all of it was cold and drafty, and looked daunting to Wachiwi.
Legacy: a novel
7
The door was open and it was drafty in the hallway.
The Demon Lover
8
Babies should not be allowed to sit or play on cold, drafty floors.
The Mother and Her Child
9
It was an imposing, drafty mansion on a wild, near-treeless headland.
Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
10
His room in the lighthouse was plain and simple, often quite cold and drafty.
The saint of dragons
11
It grew much colder; the air was damp and drafty.
A Voyage to Arcturus
12
His family always complained that the room was too drafty.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
13
Riding all this way in that drafty vehicle of hers.
Unfinished desires: a novel
14
The sounds of children crying echo through the drafty chambers.
Reuters
15
At first I felt disoriented, the cage and the drafty room unfamiliar and threatening.
The frog princess
16
My bedroom upstairs is really drafty and kind of small.
Stunning
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