sleety

/'sli:ti/

Thân thiện

The road became dangerously slick as the sleety rain began to fall.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Characterized by or consisting of sleet: Describes weather conditions or precipitation involving sleet, which is a mixture of rain and partially melted snow or ice pellets. 2. Of the nature of sleet: Having the qualities of sleet; wet, cold, and icy.

Usage

The adjective "sleety" is used to describe weather, precipitation, or conditions that involve or resemble sleet. It often conveys a sense of unpleasant, cold, and wet weather.

Examples

• The morning was cold and sleety, making the roads very slippery.
• We walked home through a sleety rain that soaked our coats.
• Forecasters are predicting a sleety mix for the afternoon commute.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Use: "Sleety" can be used metaphorically to describe something that has the chilling, unpleasant, or penetrating quality of sleet.
  • He gave me a sleety glare that made me shiver.
• Compound Modifier: It can combine with other words to form descriptive phrases.
  • a sleety winter day
  • sleety conditions

Variants and Related Words

• Sleet (noun): Precipitation that is a mixture of rain and snow, or rain that freezes on contact with a cold surface.
  • The sleet turned to all rain by evening.
• Sleet (verb, intransitive): Used impersonally to say that sleet is falling.
  • It sleeted all night.

Synonyms

• Icy
• Slushy
• Wintry mix (as a descriptive phrase for the precipitation type)

Antonyms

• Clear
• Dry
• Sunny

Related Phrases and Descriptions

• Sleety rain: Rain that is mixed with or has the character of sleet.
• Sleety weather: Weather conditions characterized by the presence of sleet.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain