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1. Characteristic of or occurring in winter
   "brown wintry grasses"; "suffered severe wintry weather";
   - wintery
    
2. Devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain
   "wintry smile";
   - frigid, frosty, frozen, glacial, icy

Derived forms: wintrier, wintriest

See also: brumal, cold, hibernal, hiemal, winter-blooming, winter-flowering

Antonym: autumnal, summery, vernal

Encyclopedia: Wintry