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PRONUNCIATION OF SLEETY

sleety  [ˈsliːtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLEETY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sleety is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SLEETY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sleety in the English dictionary

The definition of sleety in the dictionary is characterized by sleet.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLEETY


Beatty
ˈbiːtɪ
beaty
ˈbiːtɪ
Cavite
kəˈviːtɪ
conceity
kənˈsiːtɪ
Ekiti
ɛˈkiːtɪ
entreaty
ɪnˈtriːtɪ
gleety
ˈɡliːtɪ
meaty
ˈmiːtɪ
Nefertiti
ˌnɛfəˈtiːtɪ
Nofretete
ˌnɒfrɛˈtiːtɪ
Papeete
ˌpɑːpɪˈiːtɪ
peaty
ˈpiːtɪ
pentiti
penˈtiːtɪ
rete
ˈriːtɪ
sheety
ˈʃiːtɪ
streety
ˈstriːtɪ
sweetie
ˈswiːtɪ
Tahiti
təˈhiːtɪ
treaty
ˈtriːtɪ
wheaty
ˈwiːtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLEETY

sleepwalk
sleepwalker
sleepwalking
sleepwear
sleepy
sleepy sickness
sleepy-headed
sleepyhead
sleet
sleetiness
sleeve
sleeve board
sleeve note
sleeve notes
sleeve valve
sleeveen
sleevehand
sleeveless
sleevelet
sleevelike

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLEETY

anxiety
civil society
entirety
factor of safety
freety
honor society
humane society
moiety
ninety
notoriety
piety
road safety
Royal Society
safety
sobriety
society
subtlety
surety
variety
velvety

Synonyms and antonyms of sleety in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sleety» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLEETY

Find out the translation of sleety to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sleety from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sleety» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sleety
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sleety
570 millions of speakers

English

sleety
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sleety
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sleety
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мокрый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sleety
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sleety
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tombe de la neige fondue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sleety
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sleety
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

みぞれの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

진눈깨비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sleeping
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có giọt mưa lẩn tuyết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sleety
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झोपडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sulu kar gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

e neve
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słoty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мокрий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sleety
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sleety
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

met sneeu en reën
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sleety
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sleety
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sleety

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLEETY»

The term «sleety» is normally little used and occupies the 132.829 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of sleety
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLEETY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sleety» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sleety» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sleety

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLEETY»

Discover the use of sleety in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sleety and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Congressional Series of United States Public Documents
Hour* of loir water ; time of tide* in January, February, and to March 11, 1869. I860. Jan. Feb. Rained Sleety. w»1t weather Sleety, soft weather Sleety, aoffc weather Clear and warm Could have worked Could have worked Could have worked ...
‎1872
2
House Documents
USA House of Representatives. Iloura of low water : time of tides in January, I'l' hruory, and to .lfarch 11, 1869. I 1969, l h. m. ' 1969. 1,, m, Jan. 1 l Rained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10 44 Feb. is Clear and warm . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 00 2 i Sleety, soft.
USA House of Representatives, 1872
3
Report
29th, a.m. before daylight, fall of snow and hail, afterwards sleety showers, with rapid thaw. p.m. similar heavy showers of sleety hail. Night similar at first, later less showery, fresh. 30th. frequent showers of haU and sleet, wind rising through the ...
Royal Institution of Cornwall, 1839
4
Tradition and Influence in Anglo-Irish Poetry
The sleety winds fondle the rushy beards of Shancoduff While the cattle-drovers sheltering in the Featherna Bush Look up and say: 'Who owns them hungry hills That the water-hen and snipe must have forsaken? A poet? Then by heavens he  ...
Terence Brown, Nicholas Grene, 1989
5
Anglophonia: French Journal of English Studies
Fuck me it's gone really dark and it's sleety snowing fucking ace and dark!!! ... www.funjunkie.co.uk/forurns/viewposts.cfm?forumid=2&thread=438&s=16&order =ASC c. ... Some nights it is HARD to get out even if you want to get out. If it's sleety ...
‎2004
6
Wordsworth: The Prelude
What the boy remembers most vividly, however, becomes a continuing source of consolation and strength: And afterwards the wind and sleety rain. And all the business of the elements. The single sheep, and the one blasted tree, And the 84  ...
Stephen Charles Gill, Stephen Gill, 1991
7
The Monthly anthology, and Boston review
Held his empire o'er the day ; Chill the sleety north-east blew. High its surges ocean threw. How they lash the sandy shore. Whitening on the rocks they roar. Late the syren soothern gale Wanton'd in the swelling sail ; Late secure the vessel ...
‎1806
8
T. Tembarom: Easyread Edition
But he limped as fast as he could, while the sleety rain beat in his face, across one street, down another for a block or so, across another, the melting snow soaking even the new boots as he splashed through it. He bent his head, however, and ...
Frances Hodgson Burnett, 2008
9
The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Warton, B. D..
Mindful of difaster past, And shrinking at the northern blast, The sleety storm returning still, The morning hoar, and evening chill; V. 1. With dalliance rude, &c.] This opening is harsh and un- pleasing. V. 6. . — shrinking at the northern blast, The ...
Thomas Warton, Richard Mant, 1802
10
The poetical works of ... Thomas Warton. To which are now ...
Whose torrents dumb are stretch'd in fragments rude, 5 From many an airy precipice, Where, ever beat by sleety stiow'rs, Thy gloomy Gothic castle tow'rs ; Amid whose howling iles and halls, Where no gay fun-beam paints the walls, 10 On ...
Thomas Warton, Richard Mant (bp. of Down, Connor and Dromore), 1802

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLEETY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sleety is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Showery, windy day for many with snow possible on Desert Road
... MetService said. Queenstown Lakes District Council warned of normal winter driving conditions in its area, with sleety showers on the Crown Range. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
Great weather for penguins, and Southland's club rugby final
That said, the strong and persistent southwesterly winds and sleety showers would continue into Sunday, he said. A ridge of higher pressure would be coming ... «Southland Times, Jul 15»
3
Grey day for Christchurch
On Friday, it will be a mainly fine day before sleety showers and heavy rain set in on Saturday and Sunday. On the West Coast, there will be occasional showers ... «The Press, Jul 15»
4
Much of New Zealand to drop to below zero overnight
Hail and sleety showers had moved on by sunrise, making way for a glimpse of sunshine. The capital was set to reach just 7 degrees Celsius. The storm system ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
Snow forecast to settle on Rimutaka Hill Rd
Wellington city was set for "sleety showers" on Wednesday, while its higher hill suburbs could get a dusting of snow. That, mixed with a strong southerly, meant ... «The Dominion Post, Jul 15»
6
Cold snap brings snow to Western Bay
A winter cold snap has resulted in snow falling in the Western Bay of Plenty. The slushy, sleety snow has already fallen and thawed at Tauranga's TECT All ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
7
Sunshine turns to sleety cold
The school holidays started in sunshine but will turn wet and cold today, with a southerly wind bringing sleety showers over Napier and Hastings. «Hawke's Bay Today, Jul 15»
8
Bad weather delays two outgoing flights at Hamilton Airport
Sleety showers were possible for Wellington's CBD as the wintry blast moved north, with predictions of snow falling as far north as Hawke's Bay and the central ... «Waikato Times, Jul 15»
9
Snow looking more likely
MetService is predicting sleety snow showers and cold southerlies developing on Tuesday. Snow is likely to be down to 300metres in the Canterbury high ... «Timaru Herald, Jul 15»
10
Snow looking likely
MetService is predicting sleety snow showers and cold southerlies developing on Tuesday. Snow is likely to be down to 300metres in the Canterbury high ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Sleety [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/sleety>. May 2024 ».
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