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thundery en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈθʌndəri/

Etymology

From thunder + -y.

Meanings

1. Of weather: stormy, with thunder and lightning.
   • 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. 1920, Arthur H. Savory, Grain and Chaff from an English Manor:
   • She stood at the open door, staggering herself with this enigma, on a rainy, thundery evening. 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, “Mrs. Flintwinch Goes on Dreaming”, in Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC, 1st book (Poverty), page 254:
2. Resembling or characteristic of thunder.
3. Threatening.

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