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Meaning of wintry

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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" [syn:
             {wintry}, {wintery}] [ant: {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" [syn: {frigid}, {frosty}, {frozen},
         {glacial}, {icy}, {wintry}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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