thundery

English

Etymology

From thunder + -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθʌndəri/

Adjective

thundery (comparative more thundery, superlative most thundery)

  1. 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.
    • 1920, Arthur H. Savory, Grain and Chaff from an English Manor:
      The only real objection to peacocks, under ordinary conditions, is the discordance of their cries, especially in thundery weather, when they scream in answer to every thunder-clap.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of thunder.
  3. Threatening.[1]

References

  1. Mario Hazon (1961) Grande dizionario Hazon Garzanti Inglese-Italiano Italiano-Inglese, Milan: Garzanti Editore, page 876
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