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Wintery vs. Wintry — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Wintery and Wintry

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Definitions

Wintery

Belonging to or characteristic of winter; cold.

Wintry

Characteristic of winter, especially in feeling or looking very cold and bleak
A wintry landscape

Wintery

Suggestive of winter, as in cheerlessness or coldness
A wintry welcome.

Wintry

Belonging to or characteristic of winter; cold.

Wintery

Alternative spelling of wintry
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Wintry

Suggestive of winter, as in cheerlessness or coldness
A wintry welcome.

Wintery

Wintry.

Wintry

Suggestive or characteristic of winter; cold, stormy.
Wintry weather

Wintery

Characteristic of or occurring in winter;
Suffered severe wintry weather
Brown wintry grasses

Wintry

(of precipitation) Containing sleet or snow.
It will be cloudy overnight, with outbreaks of heavy rain at times. The rain may turn wintry over higher ground.
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Wintry

Aged, white-haired.

Wintry

Chilling, cheerless.
A wintry remark

Wintry

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.

Wintry

Characteristic of or occurring in winter;
Suffered severe wintry weather
Brown wintry grasses
Summery weather
Summery dresses
The vernal equinox

Wintry

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

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