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drizzly

[driz-uh-lee] / ˈdrɪz ə li /




ADJECTIVE
rainy
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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ITHACA, N.Y.—On a drizzly Thursday, Cornell University students wandered into consulting recruitment sessions, hustled up the slopes to midterms and listened to a Pulitzer-winning fiction writer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

On a drizzly morning in June, all was still on Tuskegee's South Main Street, a two-lane road that runs into the heart of the town square, where a towering Confederate monument loomed over the emptiness.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

On a drizzly morning, a dozen of the wealthiest kids in the world convene in an Austin Airbnb to consider a question: “Why do you think it is your parents want you to work?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

“Pretty cool,” Chesney said after a drizzly two hours which saw players on both sides of the ball make big plays to fire up their respective sidelines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

They spent one drizzly afternoon kicking acorns around the Nest.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown




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