drifty

English

Etymology

From drift +‎ -y.

Adjective

drifty (comparative driftier, superlative driftiest)

1. Tending or seeming to drift.
   • 1988 November 18, Renaldo Migaldi, “Shrimp Boat”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     The first time I heard them struggling with their electric instruments and singing in cracked falsettos, I imagined a line of fishing boats puttering off into the fogbound sea of a cold New England morn. "Ah, Shrimp Boat," I exclaimed, "what a fine name for sounds so churning and drifty!"

2. (dialectal) Abounding with driving snow or drift.

Derived terms

• driftily
• driftiness