Drizzly

adj

adj ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Abounding with drizzle; drizzling.

    "Thursday, January 21, was a miserable, wet, drizzly day; the thaw started fairly rapidly and transport began to move again."

Adjective
  1. 1
    wet with light rain wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
blindingdrippydrippydrivingdrummingmisty

Example

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"On this drizzly summer morning, Martin is out on his boat, the Lucky Catch, hauling traps out of Casco Bay off the southern coast of Maine."

Etymology

From drizzle + -y.

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