sleety

[ slee-tee ]
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adjective,sleet·i·er, sleet·i·est.
  1. of, relating to, or like sleet.

Origin of sleety

1
First recorded in 1715–25; sleet + -y1

Other words from sleety

  • sleet·i·ness, noun

Words Nearby sleety

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How to use sleety in a sentence

  • It was a bitterly cold, sleety morning—the 11th of March—when we set out from Berlin, leaving behind us, alas!

  • Grim tussle of War now; sleety winter, and the Giant Mountains in the distance getting on their white hoods!

  • In the sleety gloom, he could just see a hewn-out path winding up one of the cliffs and he set his feet on it.

    The Valor of Cappen Varra | Poul William Anderson
  • It was the last week in September, but snow-squalls were frequent, winds were high and rains were cold and sleety.

    The Come Back | Carolyn Wells
  • Just after our meetings began the weather turned bitterly cold, with wind and sleety rain.