adj
Meaning 1
Abounding with drizzle; drizzling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
drizzly
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Meaning 2
wet with light rain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a sad drizzly day
- a wet drippy day
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drippy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English drizzle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English drizzly From drizzle + -y.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ръмящ (rǎmjašt) — abounding with drizzle; drizzling
- Finnish: tihkuinen — abounding with drizzle; drizzling
- Finnish: tihkusateinen — abounding with drizzle; drizzling
- Finnish: vihmainen — abounding with drizzle; drizzling
- Galician: choviñento — abounding with drizzle; drizzling
- Indonesian: gerimis — abounding with drizzle; drizzling
- Irish: béalfhliuch — abounding with drizzle; drizzling
- Māori: hāuaua — abounding with drizzle; drizzling
- Vietnamese: phùn — abounding with drizzle; drizzling