sleety

[slee-tee]

adjective

sleetier, sleetiest 

1. of, relating to, or like sleet.

Other Word Forms

• sleetiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sleety¹

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

Example Sentences

Sherman and I met on a frigid, sleety day, and she was dressed fashionably to defy the weather in a big, blazing orange sweater, light-colored wide pants and bouncy, thick-soled white high-tops.

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Russian troops and military vehicles groaned down the long driveway of No. 144 under flurries of snow and sleety rain.

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Sometimes it was snow, sometimes it was rain and sometimes it was the sleety something in between.

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I played hooky from the high school beat to sit in the stands on a nasty, sleety afternoon to watch the aged Mets slipping and sliding in front of only 12,447 fans.

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On days like those, I sit around and wonder if another layer of ricotta would somehow shorten the sleety, icy weeks that remain until spring — or at least make me forget about them at dinnertime.

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Related Words

• bitter 
• bleak 
• brisk 
• chilled 
• cool 
• crisp 
• frigid 
• frosty 
• frozen 
• icy 
• intense 
• raw 
• snowy 
• wintry