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

It 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

Whenever 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

Examples of drizzly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Don’t back down from the rain Sam and Jasmin’s wedding day started out a bit drizzly, a rarity for early summer in Istanbul. — Kaitlin Menza, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026

My mom always swaps her summer sandals for weatherproof fall boots and hiking shoes that can handle drizzly sidewalks and leafy fields. — Clara McMahon, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026

On a drizzly morning in March 2025, a bright blue dive boat motored through Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia toward the Tufts Cove generating station. — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Together with Prince William, the Princess spent a drizzly afternoon highlighting the New Employment Opportunities Network, a pilot program helping young people at risk of homelessness find work. — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1694, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for drizzly

• grisly
• grizzly