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thundery, a.|ˈθʌndərɪ|
Also 6–8 thundry.
[f. thunder n. + -y.]
1. Of or pertaining to thunder; characterized by or betokening thunder.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. iv. Columnes 779 When (angry)..he throws down thundry storms. 1682in Birch Hist. Roy. Soc. (1757) IV. 146 In thundry weather he [Mr. Hooke] supposed..hot sulphureous steams to issue out of the earth, which caused the sultriness that preceded. 1774White in Phil. Trans. LXV. 267 This bird [the Swift] is never so much alive as in sultry, thundry weather. 1894Daily News 4 July 5/4 The sky..covered with heavy clouds of a very thundery type.
†2. Making a noise like thunder: = thunderous 2. Obs.
1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. iv. Decay 648 As a Cannon's thundry roaring Ball.
3. fig. Threatening an explosion of anger or passion; gloomy, frowning.
1824S. E. Ferrier Inher. xliv, Mr. R.'s brow looked rather thundery. 1845Carlyle Cromwell's Lett. & Sp. (1871) V. 40 note, That thundery countenance of yours. 1867S. Wilberforce Ess. (1874) II. 85 A thundery state of the political and social atmosphere. |