drizzly
adjective
driz·zly
ˈdri-zə-lē 
ˈdriz-lē
: characterized or marked by fine rain
a cold, drizzly day
The winter weather in this part of Oregon is gray and drizzly …—
Susan Orlean
Susan OrleanIt was a September evening, and not yet seven o'clock, but the day had been a dreary one, and a dense drizzly fog lay low upon the great city.—Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan DoyleWhenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; … then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can.—Herman Melville
Herman MelvilleExamples of drizzly in a Sentence
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Downtown is drizzly and deserted, just me and the ungulate locking eyes across a hotel parking lot, two fish out of water.
—Dan Rubinstein, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2025
Thursday will likely dry out again, though it’s slated to be a dreary, drizzly day, albeit with slightly warmer temperatures rising from the 30s on Wednesday to the low 40s by Friday.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025
Ferrari described the weather in Maranello this week as overcast and drizzly, like in Britain, where Hamilton was born.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
It was partially restored in the final minutes devoted to scenes from the actual show, staged under the Alexandre III bridge on a drizzly evening.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
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Dan Rubinstein, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2025
Thursday will likely dry out again, though it’s slated to be a dreary, drizzly day, albeit with slightly warmer temperatures rising from the 30s on Wednesday to the low 40s by Friday.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025
Ferrari described the weather in Maranello this week as overcast and drizzly, like in Britain, where Hamilton was born.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
It was partially restored in the final minutes devoted to scenes from the actual show, staged under the Alexandre III bridge on a drizzly evening.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Drizzly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drizzly. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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