drizzly

driz·zle  (drzl)

v. driz·zled, driz·zling, driz·zles

v.intr.

To rain gently in fine, mistlike drops.

v.tr.

1. To let fall in fine drops or particles: drizzled melted butter over the asparagus.

2. To moisten with fine drops: drizzled the asparagus with melted butter.

n.

A fine, gentle, misty rain.

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[Perhaps from Middle English drisning, fall of dew, from Old English -drysnian, in gedrysnian, to pass away, vanish; see dhreu- in Indo-European roots.]

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drizzly adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

drizzly - wet with light rain; "a sad drizzly day"; "a wet drippy day" drippy wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"

Translations

drizzly [ˈdrɪzlɪ] ADJ → lloviznoso

drizzly [ˈdrɪz^əli] adj [weather] → de crachin; [afternoon] → de crachin
It was dull and drizzly → Il faisait gris et il y avait du crachin.

drizzly

adj drizzly weather → Nieselwetter nt; it’s drizzly → es nieselt

drizzly [ˈdrɪzlɪ] adj → piovigginoso/a