wintry
Collocations
4ADJ.
cold, long, many, mighty, warm
WINTRY + NOUN
north-winds
PREP.
in
ADV.
gracefully
Definitions
adj
Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.
wintry weather
A faded, and an ancient dragon he was; and many a wintry storm of rain, snow, sleet, and hail, had changed his colour from a gaudy blue to a faint lack-lustre shade of gray.
Containing sleet or snow.
It will be cloudy overnight, with outbreaks of heavy rain at times. The rain may turn wintry over higher ground.
Aged, white-haired.
Chilling, cheerless.
a wintry remark
He reached the old ruins at last, dim masses of moss-grown masonry in the glimmer of the wintry starlight.
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6wintry weather
WiktionaryA faded, and an ancient dragon he was; and many a wintry storm of rain, snow, sleet, and hail, had changed his colour from a gaudy blue to a faint lack-lustre shade of gray.
WiktionaryIn one village in Bachu County, more than 1,000 buildings and houses collapsed, according to the state-run New China News Agency. Tens of thousands of people were left homeless and were preparing to s
WiktionaryThe wintry weather lasted long into April the year before last.
Tatoeba · #896177External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, nor wintry weather chill him.
Tatoeba · #3712676External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.
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