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UK
/wˈɪntɹi/
]
[ US /ˈwɪntɹi/ ]
[ US /ˈwɪntɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
a glacial handshake
a frigid greeting
wintry smile
got a frosty reception
a frozen look on their faces
icy stare -
characteristic of or occurring in winter
brown wintry grasses
suffered severe wintry weather
How To Use wintry In A Sentence
- The snowy dome of Fujisan reddening in the sunrise rose above the violet woodlands of Mississippi Bay as we steamed out of Yokohama Harbour on the 19th, and three days later I saw the last of Japan — a rugged coast, lashed by a wintry sea. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
- It's not triggered by wintry weather but the risk of complications is. The Sun
- Uncle Fliakim Sheril, furbished up in a new crisp black suit, and with his spindleshanks trimly incased in the smoothest of black silk stockings, looking for all the world just like an alert and spirited black cricket, outdid himself on this occasion in singing _counter_, in that high, weird voice that he must have learned from the wintry winds that usually piped around the corners of the old house. Good Cheer Stories Every Child Should Know
- He looked at her for a moment as if imprinting her living form on his mind and then fled into the wintry night. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
- Sunshine is likely but be prepared for wintry showers. Times, Sunday Times
- When will this wintry weather end? Times, Sunday Times
- Their conjugal affection still is ty'd,And still the mournful race is multiply'd:They bill, they tread; Alcyone compress'd,Sev'n days sits brooding on her floating nest:A wintry queen: her sire at length is kind,Calms ev'ry storm, and hushes ev'ry wind;Prepares his empire for his daughter's ease,And for his hatching nephews smooths the seas. Mystery bird: Black-capped kingfisher, Halcyon pileata
- So, Washington's temperature soared into the springlike 70s three times in five days, a true and welcome departure from wintry weeks of chill in which the mercury had not forayed even so high as 60. Record-breaking weather, whether in coolness or warmth
- It will then be largely dry and fine in most places but wintry showers are expected in northern areas. The Sun
- TWO men and a woman died yesterday when their helicopter crashed into farmland soon after it disappeared into heavy cloud in dark, wintry weather. Times, Sunday Times