"drizzly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: drizzlier [comparative], drizzliest [superlative]
Etymology: From drizzle + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|drizzle|y|id2=adjectival}} drizzle + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} drizzly (comparative drizzlier, superlative drizzliest)
  1. Abounding with drizzle; drizzling. Translations (abounding with drizzle; drizzling): ръмящ (rǎmjašt) (Bulgarian), tihkuinen (Finnish), tihkusateinen (Finnish), choviñento (Galician), hāuaua (Maori), phùn (Vietnamese)

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