Antonyms for sleety

Grammar : Adj

Spell : slee-tee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsli ti

Definition of sleety

As in shivery : adj cold
As in cold : adj chilly, freezing

Example sentences :

The day was dark and lowering, with occasional showers of cold and sleety rain.
Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever

It was a snowy and sleety April morning, and she had already had experience of its rigour. '
Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

Peter turned that over in his mind the whole of a raw and sleety February.
Extract from : « The Lovely Lady » by Mary Austin

It was a dark, sleety night, for cold weather had just set in.
Extract from : « Ralph on the Engine » by Allen Chapman

He answered with a sleety chill: "You care more for the dog than you do for me."
Extract from : « Excuse Me! » by Rupert Hughes

Though a drizzly, sleety day, it did not dampen our ardor—nor that of the mosquitos.
Extract from : « In Search of a Siberian Klondike » by Homer B. Hulbert

The wind blew, and the sleety rain fell, and I went back to the inn.
Extract from : « Christmas Evans » by Paxton Hood

The roads were sleety and skiddy, and required careful driving.
Extract from : « The Cup of Fury » by Rupert Hughes

The clatter of sleety rain against the windows made him restless.
Extract from : « The Patient Observer » by Simeon Strunsky

Slow faring through the sleety drizzle, they have got to the Champ-de-Mars: Not there!
Extract from : « The French Revolution » by Thomas Carlyle

Synonyms for sleety

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