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wintrily

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win⋅try

  [win-tree]
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–adjective, -tri⋅er, -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:
bef. 900; OE wintrig (not recorded in ME); see winter, -y 1

Related forms:
win⋅tri⋅ly, adverb
win⋅tri⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
3. cold, bleak, cheerless.
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win·try   (wĭn'trē)   
adj.   win·tri·er also win·ter·i·er, win·tri·est also win·ter·i·est

  1. Belonging to or characteristic of winter; cold.

  2. Suggestive of winter, as in cheerlessness or coldness: a wintry welcome.

win'tri·ly adv., win'tri·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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