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drizzly

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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.

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

drizzly adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.drizzly - wet with light rain; "a sad drizzly day"; "a wet drippy day"
wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
Translations
drizzly [ˈdrɪzlɪ] ADJlloviznoso
drizzly [ˈdrɪzəli] adj [weather] → de crachin; [afternoon] → de crachin
It was dull and drizzly → Il faisait gris et il y avait du crachin.
drizzly
adj drizzly weatherNieselwetter nt; it’s drizzlyes nieselt
drizzly [ˈdrɪzlɪ] adjpiovigginoso/a
drizzly [ˈdrɪzlɪ] adjpiovigginoso/a


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It was a September evening, and not yet seven o'clock, but the day had been a dreary one, and a dense drizzly fog lay low upon the great city.
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.
Unfortunately the morning was drizzly, and an angel could not have concealed the fact that Barnard was shedding sooty tears outside the window, like some weak giant of a Sweep.
 
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