thundery

English

Etymology

thunder +‎ -y

Adjective

thundery (comparative more thundery, superlative most thundery)

  1. (of weather) stormy, with thunder and lightning
    • 1857, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, book 1, chapter 29
      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.
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