thundery
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθʌndəri/
Adjective
thundery (comparative more thundery, superlative most thundery)
- Of weather: stormy, with thunder and lightning.
- 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “Mrs. Flintwinch Goes on Dreaming”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, book the first (Poverty), page 254:
- She stood at the open door, staggering herself with this enigma, on a rainy, thundery evening.
- Resembling or characteristic of thunder.
- Threatening.[1]
References
- Mario Hazon (1961) Grande dizionario Hazon Garzanti Inglese-Italiano Italiano-Inglese, Milan: Garzanti Editore, page 876
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