adjective
definition
Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.
definition
(of a building etc.) Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts).
example
It's really drafty (draughty) in here.
Examples of drafty in a Sentence
The stone floors were drafty, so she put on slippers and padded into the bright hallway of her wing of the manor.
I saw them Wednesday last when I went to Dr. Rowan's for my weekly examination and both were ill from the mountain cold and drafty quarters.
She left the bathroom light on and returned to her bed, chilled by the drafty chamber that was now hers.
Her body fit perfectly against his, warming him in the drafty hall.
It would be her first winter in a house that wasn't cold and drafty.
Yet here he was, at midnight on the second day, standing in a drafty corridor.
The old are neglected and abandoned in squalid homes, left to die on trolleys in drafty hospital corridors.
Plugging leaks in drafty parts of your home can provide significant savings.
When your windows get drafty and need to be replaced, you might want to think about installing Anderson replacement windows.
Home replacement windows take the place of existing windows that either become drafty or no longer function properly.
While replacing old, drafty windows will have an effect on your energy bills, getting the right type of window for your climate and region will have the biggest impact.
In the drafty homes of the past one's light could be extinguished by a door opening or particularly strong gust of wind.
Portable heaters are an easy solution for drafty homes, rooms that do not have central heat such as garage and basements, or for people who are sensitive to cold and want to keep the room they are in warmer without heating the entire house.
Some even go so far as to try and disprove the haunting as being nothing more than circumstances caused by a naturally occurring event, like drafty windows, car headlights or other things that can create a ghost-like experience.
Buy a kit with plastic film to cover drafty old windows.
There won't be any gaps in the midsection to let in drafty air.
In the winter the landscape is bleak and the house is drafty.
I told you the house was drafty.
It was especially popular among noblemen and lords in medieval Europe, who relied on the bed for protection against leaking roofs and drafty houses and castles.