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# drizzly

adjective (drizzly, drizzlier, drizzliest)

«drizzly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Drizzly describes weather with light, fine rain falling steadily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzly/#m1)

### In the lessons

In geography and weather lessons, recording weather; in everyday life in the UK and Ireland, very common; in stories it sets a grey, gloomy mood.

### Examples

- It was a drizzly morning in Dublin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzly/#x1)
- We played outside even though it was drizzly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzly/#x2)
- The forecast says drizzly with sunny spells. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzly/#x3)
- A drizzly day makes the windows misty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzly/#x4)
- It's been drizzly all week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzly/#x5)

### Note

Comes from «drizzle» (light rain). Drizzle is lighter than a shower or downpour.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «drizzly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drizzly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«drizzly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/drizzly.html) on Mova free.