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wintry

 [win-tree]  

win·try

   [win-tree]
adjective, win·tri·er, win·tri·est.
1.
of or characteristic of winter: wintry blasts; wintry skies.
2.
resembling winter weather; having snow, frost, cold, storms, etc.: We had wintry weather well into May last year.
3.
suggestive of winter, as in lack of warmth or cheer: a wintry manner.
Also, wintery.

Origin:
before 900; Old English wintrig (not recorded in ME); see winter, -y1

Related forms
win·tri·ly, adverb
win·tri·ness, noun
un·win·try, adjective

Synonyms
3. cold, bleak, cheerless.

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wintry, wintery or winterly (ˈwɪntrɪ, ˈwɪntərɪ, -trɪ)
 
—adj , -trier, -triest
1.  (esp of weather) of or characteristic of winter
2.  lacking cheer or warmth; bleak
 
wintery, wintery or winterly
 
—adj
 
winterly, wintery or winterly
 
—adj
 
'wintrily, wintery or winterly
 
—adv
 
'wintriness, wintery or winterly
 
—n
 
'winteriness, wintery or winterly
 
—n
 
'winterliness, wintery or winterly
 
—n

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