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English Dictionary: wintry by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wintry
adj
  1. characteristic of or occurring in winter; "suffered severe wintry weather"; "brown wintry grasses"
    Synonym(s): wintry, wintery
    Antonym(s): autumnal, summery, vernal
  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"
    Synonym(s): frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy, wintry
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.
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