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mizzly

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈmɪzli

Definitions

Raining in the form of mizzle (“misty rain; drizzle”); drizzly.

British, dialectal

Equivalents

Examples

“As late as it was, yet Rolt and Harris would go home to-night, and walked it, though I had a bed for them; and it proved, dark, and a misly night, and very windy.”
“A mizzly, drizzly rain⟳ set⟳ in before the poor people got home that evening with the body of Clayton Nowell.”
“Today is a very mizzly day. Damp in the air, but not actually raining. That's the worst for driving trains in the leaf fall⟳ season.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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