drafty

[ draf-tee, drahf- ]

adjective

, draft·i·er, draft·i·est.

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

drafty

/ ˈdrɑːftɪ /

adjective

1. the usual US spelling of draughty

Derived Forms

• ˈdraftiness, noun
• ˈdraftily, adverb

Other Words From

• drafti·ly adverb
• drafti·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of drafty¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Salon

One for Martha featured a new cast-iron stove to heat the sometimes cold and drafty house.

From Literature

Most of the stores — big chains such as Sears, H&M and Forever 21, as well as little toy shops and boutique clothiers — were empty, dark and drafty, their metal gates permanently down.

From Los Angeles Times

The barnlike wooden building is drafty and unheated, its dark wood and skeleton of support beams and framing unfinished and exposed.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• breezy
• brisk
• cool
• crisp
• freezing
• frosty
• icy
• wintry