drizzly

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adjective

Abounding with drizzle; drizzling.

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Meanings

adjectivedrizzly (comparative drizzlier, superlative drizzliest)

comparative drizzlier · superlative drizzliest

  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.

    1960 March, “The January blizzard in the North-East of Scotland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 139
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    On a drizzly mid-January evening, I stood at the arches of the wall of Buda Castle, overlooking the Danube and the 19th-century Chain Bridge that links Buda with Pest.

    2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times

    Synonyms: drippy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAbounding with drizzle; drizzling.

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adjectivewet with light rain

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian ръмящ
  • ръмящ (rămjašt)abounding with drizzle; drizzling
Finnish tihkuinen, tihkusateinen
  • tihkuinenabounding with drizzle; drizzling
  • tihkusateinenabounding with drizzle; drizzling
  • vihmainenabounding with drizzle; drizzling
Indonesian gerimis
  • gerimisabounding with drizzle; drizzling
Irish béalfhliuch
  • béalfhliuchabounding with drizzle; drizzling
Māori hāuaua
  • hāuauaabounding with drizzle; drizzling
Vietnamese phùn
  • phùnabounding with drizzle; drizzling
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APA

drizzly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drizzly

MLA

“drizzly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drizzly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drizzly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drizzly.

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