"drizzly" meaning in All languages combined

See drizzly on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-drizzly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: drizzlier [comparative], drizzliest [superlative]
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  1. Abounding with drizzle; drizzling. Synonyms: drippy Translations (abounding with drizzle; drizzling): ръмящ (rămjašt) (Bulgarian), tihkuinen (Finnish), tihkusateinen (Finnish), vihmainen (Finnish), choviñento (Galician), gerimis (Indonesian), béalfhliuch (Irish), hāuaua (Māori), phùn (Vietnamese)

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