misly

M3I1S1L1Y4

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

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjectivemisly (comparative more misly, superlative most misly)

comparative more misly · superlative most misly

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of mizzly.

    As late as it was, yet Rolt and Harris would go home to-night, and walked it, though I had a bed for them; and it proved, dark, and a misly night, and very windy.

    1667 February 2 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “January 24th, 1666–1667”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume VI, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1895, →OCLC, page 146

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: misly on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.