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sleety

[ slee-tee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, sleet·i·er, sleet·i·est.

Origin of sleety¹

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

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.

It was the last week in September, but snow-squalls were frequent, winds were high and rains were cold and sleety.

Just after our meetings began the weather turned bitterly cold, with wind and sleety rain.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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