Standard Lemma guide

mizzly

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪzli/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈmɪz(ə)li/
  • rhymes with -ɪzli

1

adj

Meaning 1

Raining in the form of mizzle (“misty rain; drizzle”); drizzly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From mizzle (noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense ‘behaving like, or having natures typical of [the nouns]’).

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: tihkuinen — raining in the form of mizzle — see also drizzly