"drifty" meaning in English

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "driftily"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "driftiness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "drift",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "drift + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From drift + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "driftier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driftiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "drifty (comparative driftier, superlative driftiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988 November 18, Renaldo Migaldi, “Shrimp Boat”, in Chicago Reader",
          "text": "The first time I heard them struggling with their electric instruments and singing in cracked falsettos, I imagined a line of fishing boats puttering off into the fogbound sea of a cold New England morn. \"Ah, Shrimp Boat,\" I exclaimed, \"what a fine name for sounds so churning and drifty!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tending or seeming to drift."
      ],
      "id": "en-drifty-en-adj-OWtlYRPP",
      "links": [
        [
          "drift",
          "drift"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -y",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abounding with driving snow or drift."
      ],
      "id": "en-drifty-en-adj-xsPIbMdj",
      "links": [
        [
          "snow",
          "snow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) Abounding with driving snow or drift."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "drifty"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -y"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "driftily"
    },
    {
      "word": "driftiness"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "drift",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "drift + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From drift + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "driftier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "driftiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "drifty (comparative driftier, superlative driftiest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988 November 18, Renaldo Migaldi, “Shrimp Boat”, in Chicago Reader",
          "text": "The first time I heard them struggling with their electric instruments and singing in cracked falsettos, I imagined a line of fishing boats puttering off into the fogbound sea of a cold New England morn. \"Ah, Shrimp Boat,\" I exclaimed, \"what a fine name for sounds so churning and drifty!\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tending or seeming to drift."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drift",
          "drift"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abounding with driving snow or drift."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snow",
          "snow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal) Abounding with driving snow or drift."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "drifty"
}