sleety

English

Etymology

From sleet +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsliːti/
• Rhymes: -iːti

Adjective

sleety (comparative sleetier, superlative sleetiest)

1. Covered in sleet; full of sleet.

   sleety weather

   • 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 17:

     Such a man, to quit the tranquillity and independence of his own fireside, and on the evening of a cold sleety April day rush out again into the world!

   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     The little doctor threw off his sleety cloak and hat in the lobby, and stood before the officer fresh and puffing, and a little flustered and dazzled after his romp with the wind.

Anagrams

• Steely, steely, stylee