wintry
pronunciation
How to pronounce wintry in British English:
UK [ˈwɪntri]
How to pronounce wintry in American English:
US [ˈwɪntri]
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- Adjective:
- characteristic of or occurring in winter
- devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
Word Origin
- wintry (adj.)
- Old English wintrig (see winter (n.) + -y (2)); also winterlic; "but the modern word appears to be a new formation" [Barnhart]. Similar formation in German wintericht.
Example
- 1. Nothing is more satisfying on a brisk wintry day than a hearty hot bowl of soup .
- 2. More recently , ultrasonic devices have been deployed in some of the world 's most wintry regions .
- 3. A study by jan brueckner and david neumark of the university of california , irvine , finds that within america there may be more flab in public-sector pay packets in states like coastal california than wintry wisconsin .
- 4. Fresh from having thrown up a field hospital to treat their weaker economies , europe 's financial medics have trudged back to a wintry brussels to put the finishing touches to plans to create a string of smaller emergency rooms across the continent .
- 5. Use wintry herd 70 rye , develop resource of cropland of wintry spare time .