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wintry


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wintry  \Win"try\,  a.  [AS.  wintrig.] 
  Suitable  to  winter;  resembling  winter,  or  what  belongs  to 
  winter;  brumal;  hyemal;  cold;  stormy;  wintery. 
 
  Touch  our  chilled  hearts  with  vernal  smile,  Our  wintry 
  course  do  thou  beguile.  --Keble. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wintry 
  adj  1:  characteristic  of  or  occurring  in  winter;  "suffered  severe 
  wintry  weather";  "brown  wintry  grasses"  [syn:  {wintery}] 
  [ant:  {vernal},  {summery},  {autumnal}] 
  2:  devoid  of  warmth  and  cordiality;  expressive  of 
  unfriendliness  or  disdain;  "a  frigid  greeting";  "got  a 
  frosty  reception";  "a  frozen  look  on  their  faces";  "a 
  glacial  handshake";  "icy  stare";  "wintry  smile"  [syn:  {frigid}, 
  {frosty},  {frozen},  {glacial},  {icy}] 




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