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

On drizzly days, with skies hanging low, the stones resemble ladders to nowhere. —Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025

That Sunday was a chilly, drizzly day. —Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 14 Nov. 2025

Over a hundred people turned out for Jack London Square’s Halloween Día de los Muertos Family Fun Fest on Sunday, which lent vibrant color to a drizzly gray day. —Jane Tyska, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025

The trench coat The perfect weight for transitional weather, trench coats offer weatherproof protection on breezy, drizzly days. —Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1694, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for drizzly

• grisly
• grizzly