Meanings
comparative drizzlier · superlative drizzliest
- 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 1391 more example
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 TimesSynonyms: drippy
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveAbounding with drizzle; drizzling.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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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
Cite this entry
drizzly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drizzly
“drizzly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drizzly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drizzly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drizzly.
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