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drifty, a.|ˈdrɪftɪ|
[f. drift n. + -y.]
†1. Full of secret aims; wily. (Cf. drift n. 5.)
1571Campion Hist. Irel. ii. ix. (1633) 106 Ormond was secret and drifty.
2. a. Characterized by drifts, of the nature of a drift.
1730T. Boston Mem. xii. 435 That drifty day stopt a funeral. 1785Burns Winter Night viii, Through the ragged roof and chinky wall, Chill, o'er his slumbers, piles the drifty heap! 1881J. Russell Haigs xi. 301 The Thirteen Drifty Days in which the storm culminated in the month of February [1674].
b. Flowing.
1897Daily News 1 May 8/2 The dress..is so soft and drifty. 1962Sunday Express 30 Dec. 17/5 Long drifty skirts of voile. |