Whifty

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Offbeat; slightly kooky or whimsical.

    "The result isn't so much a joke as a whifty vision."

  2. 2
    Lacking in mental focus, clarity, and sense; illogical.

    "I want to say that I think the doctors don't tell women about the side effects because they think that we are so whifty we would develop these side effects out of our own minds, something like that."

  3. 3
    Lightheaded.

    "Dak Seang's senior officer, a captain, had not been above ground for thirty days. "A bit whifty," Henry recalled. The man was terrified."

  4. 4
    Not steady; gusty or insubstantial.

    "The people working at the spa were all glowy and whifty, and in fact they did smell very good."

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woozy

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