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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wintry \Win"try\, a. [AS. wintrig.]
Suitable to winter; resembling winter, or what belongs to
winter; brumal; hyemal; cold; stormy; wintery.
Touch our chilled hearts with vernal smile, Our wintry
course do thou beguile. --Keble.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wintry
adj 1: characteristic of or occurring in winter; "suffered severe
wintry weather"; "brown wintry grasses" [syn: {wintery}]
[ant: {vernal}, {summery}, {autumnal}]
2: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of
unfriendliness or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a
frosty reception"; "a frozen look on their faces"; "a
glacial handshake"; "icy stare"; "wintry smile" [syn: {frigid},
{frosty}, {frozen}, {glacial}, {icy}]
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