Definition of Drizzly

1. Adjective. Wet with light rain. "A wet drippy day"

Exact synonyms: Drippy
Similar to: Wet
Derivative terms: Drippiness, Drizzle

Definition of Drizzly

1. a. Characterized by small rain, or snow; moist and disagreeable.

Definition of Drizzly

1. Adjective. Abounding with drizzle; drizzling ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drizzly

1. characterized by light rain [adj -ZLIER, -ZLIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drizzly

driving test
driving under the influence
driving van trailer
driving van trailers
driving wheel
driving wind
drivingly
drivings
drizzle
drizzled
drizzles
drizzlier
drizzliest
drizzling
drizzlingly
drizzly (current term)
dro
drock
drocks
drocode
droger
drogers
drogher
droghers
drogman
drogoman
drogue
drogue chute
drogue parachute
drogues

Literary usage of Drizzly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journals of Washington Irving (Hitherto Unpublished) by Washington Irving (1919)
"Dirty, drizzly day — walked about with Peter look'g for apartments — dine at table ... drizzly ..."

2. The Journals of Washington Irving (Hitherto Unpublished) by Washington Irving (1919)
"Dirty, drizzly day - walked about with Peter look'g for apartments - dine at table d'hôte with Mr. Bicknell — in ev[enin]g sat in my room — read Moore's ..."

3. The Diary of William Pynchon of Salem: A Picture of Salem Life, Social and by William Pynchon, Fitch Edward Oliver (1890)
"Cloudy and drizzly weather. Great quantities of provision in the market; turkeys at 8d., geese 5d. and 6d., sausages iod, eggs 1/2. Urged Stephens to secure ..."

4. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"No drizzly rain that falls on me Cau wash шу fault away." "Yet stay, fair lady, tura again, And dry those pearly tears ; For see, beneath this gown (if gray ..."

5. A Practical Medico-historical Account of the Western Coast of Africa by James Boyle (1831)
"12 Very heavy rain, in showers, from midnight until 8 am— occasional heavy and drizzly showers throughout the day— heavy rains from sun-set until 10 pm 13 ..."

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