wintry
adjective
of or characteristic of winter: wintry skies.
wintriest
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superlativeof wintry.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Wallace Stevens is the wintriest character in American poetry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The set was the wintriest I can ever recall seeing, piled with drifts of artificial snow.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2016
In the wintriest circumstances of a prophet’s life God is wide awake: “He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.”
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by John Henry Jowett
And the recollections of God’s goodness always make summer even in the wintriest day.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by John Henry Jowett
In every forehead now I see a sky Catching the dawn; I hear the wintriest breeze About me blow the news the Lord is nigh.
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
