wintry
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Wintry
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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wintry, wintery or winterly (ˈwɪntrɪ, ˈwɪntərɪ, -trɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Example sentences
But several hotels in wintry climates are offering reasons to embrace the cold.
Elaborate light displays decorate the wintry city center.
Finally, if there's any doubt in your mind about driving in wintry conditions, stay off the roads.
It is also a good introduction to what happens to snow after it falls and would be of interest to anyone who likes wintry weather.
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