squally

IPA: skwˈɔɫi

adjective

  • Characterized by squalls, or sudden violent bursts of wind; gusty.
  • Producing or characteristic of loud wails.
  • (UK, obsolete) Having unproductive wet spots due to poor drainage.
  • (weaving, of cloth) Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty.
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Examples of "squally" in Sentences

  • The area experienced squally weather but was otherwise unaffected.
  • The rain here was accompanied by squally winds, gusting up to 87mph.
  • Squally weather prevented his using a 40 foot motor launch as picket.
  • The squally weather caused the platform to ram into the rig, killing 3.
  • "Z-z-z-zing!" says I. "Looks kind of squally for the governess, don't it?"
  • The system's main effect on land was squally weather on the indward Islands.
  • The island experienced bands of squally weather in association with the storm.
  • But it will be kind of squally in, say, the Hollywood area and toward Miami Beach.
  • That afternoon the sky became overcast again, and squally, drizzly weather set in.
  • I've seen the time when I had more names -- Humph! Looks kind of squally off to the east'ard, don't it? "
  • —Wind for several days past often high, what the sailors call squally, with a rough sea and frequent rains.
  • - Wind for several days past often high, what the sailors call squally, with a rough sea and frequent rains.
  • -- Wind for several days past often high, what the sailors call squally, with a rough sea and frequent rains.
  • And it was a typical February evening in Edinburgh, squally rain giving way to a cold, howling wind, the sort of day when revolutions are postponed.
  • Their music melds together a scuzzy, squally blend of rebellious gospel/folk that at times possesses the radiant buoyancy of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, and in quieter moments the seeping warmth of M Ward or intelligent, lovely meanderings of Elvis Perkins.

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