sleety

[ slee-tee ]

/ ˈsli ti /

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adjective, sleet·i·er, sleet·i·est.

of, relating to, or like sleet.

Origin of sleety

First recorded in 1715–25; sleet + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM sleety

sleet·i·ness, noun

Words nearby sleety

sleep with, sleepy, sleepyhead, Sleepy Hollow chair, sleet, sleety, sleeve, sleeveboard, sleeve coupling, sleeve dog, sleeveen

Example sentences from the Web for sleety

The west wind freshened as the evening came on and dashed fine, sleety rain into their faces.
Calumet 'K'|Samuel Merwin
I was a shivering creature who had been caught in a sleety rain and soaked through to the skin.
Where the Path Breaks|Charles de Crspigny
The roads were sleety and skiddy, and required careful driving.
The Cup of Fury|Rupert Hughes
It was a bitterly cold, sleety morning—the 11th of March—when we set out from Berlin, leaving behind us, alas!
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3)|George Eliot

It was a dark, sleety night, for cold weather had just set in.
Ralph on the Engine|Allen Chapman