sleety

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/ˈsliːti/

adjective

Covered in sleet; full of sleet.

“sleety weather”

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Meanings

adjectivesleety (comparative sleetier, superlative sleetiest)

comparative sleetier · superlative sleetiest

  1. Covered in sleet; full of sleet.

    sleety weather

    2 more examples

    Such a man, to quit the tranquillity and independence of his own fireside, and on the evening of a cold sleety April day rush out again into the world!

    1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter 17, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC

    The little doctor threw off his sleety cloak and hat in the lobby, and stood before the officer fresh and puffing, and a little flustered and dazzled after his romp with the wind.

    1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Church-yard. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveconsisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain

Similar
frozen
Also see
coldwintry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sleet + -y.

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Translations

Bulgarian кишав
  • кишав (kišav)covered in sleet

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sleety

treatygraffitiTahitisweetieBeattyretetweetymeatytitizitientreatypeatyheatyPrettisheetyshoefitistreetiestreetythreetywheaty
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Anagrams

steelystyleeYelets
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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