mizzly
Syllables: mizz·ly/ˈmɪzli/US/ˈmɪz(ə)li/
mizzly adjective: raining in the form of mizzle (“misty rain; drizzle”); drizzly.
Adjective
mizzly (comparative more mizzly, superlative most mizzly)
- Raining in the form of mizzle (“misty rain; drizzle”); drizzly.
- As late as it was, yet Rolt and Harris would go home to-night, and walked it, though I had a bed for them; and it proved, dark, and a misly night, and very windy.1667 February 2 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, transcriber, “January 24th, 1666–1667”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume...
- A mizzly, drizzly rain set in before the poor people got home that evening with the body of Clayton Nowell.1865 May – 1866 August, Richard Doddridge Blackmore, chapter XXII, in Cradock Nowell: A Tale of the New Forest. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1866, →OCLC, page 211
Forms of mizzly
| comparative | more mizzly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mizzly |
| alternative form | misly |
Origin of mizzly
From mizzle (noun) + -y (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense ‘behaving like, or having natures typical of [the nouns]’).
Words that rhyme with mizzly
Questions about mizzly
- What does mizzly mean?
- Mizzly means raining in the form of mizzle (“misty rain; drizzle”); drizzly.
- What part of speech is mizzly?
- Mizzly is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce mizzly?
- Mizzly is pronounced /ˈmɪzli/ (UK).
Words near mizzly in the dictionary
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