driftyadj.
/ˈdrɪfti/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > in contrivance or machination
politic1543
practical1563
fetching1570
driftyc1571
Machiavellian1572
stratagematical1583
stratagemical1585
stratagematic1589
drifting1596
enterprising1602
Machiavelline1602
practitional1602
engineering1631
polititious1638
Machiavellic1645
designing1661
intriguing1790
manoeuvring1801
systematizing1827
scheming1838
c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. ix. 116 Ormond was secrett and driftye.
2.
a. Characterized by drifts, of the nature of a drift.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [adjective] > driving or driven
drivingc1325
drivenc1330
driftya1732
stouring1891
a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) xii. 435 That drifty day stopt a burial.
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 204 Thro' the ragged roof and chinky wall, Chill, o'er his slumbers, piles the drifty heap!
1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde xi. 301 The Thirteen Drifty Days in which the storm culminated in the month of February [1674].
b. Flowing.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other
smalleOE
lightc1230
round1402
side-necked1430
wanton1489
Spanish1530
tucked1530
lustya1555
civil1582
open-breasted1598
full1601
everlasting1607
sheeten1611
nothinga1616
burly1651
pin-up1677
slouching1691
double-breasted1701
negligée1718
translated1727
uniform1746
undress1777
single-breasted1796
unworn1798
mamalone1799
costumic1801
safeguard1822
Tom and Jerry1830
lightweight1837
fancy dress1844
wrap-1845
hen-skin1846
Mary Stuart1846
well-cut1849
mousquetaire1851
empire1852
costumary1853
solid1859
spring weight1869
Henri II1870
western1881
hard-boiled1882
man-of-war1883
Henley1886
demi-season1890
Gretchen1890
toreador1892
crossover1893
French cut1896
drifty1897
boxy1898
Buster Brown1902
Romney1903
modistic1907
Peter Pan1908
classic1909
Fauntleroy1911
baby doll1912
flared1928
flare1929
tuck-in1929
unpressed1932
Edwardian1934
swingy1937
topless1937
wraparound1937
dressed-down1939
cover-up1942
Sun Yat-sen1942
utility1942
non-utility1948
sudsable1951
off-the-shoulder1953
peasant1953
flareless1954
A-line1955
matador1955
stretch1956
wash-and-wear1959
layered1962
Tom Jones1964
Carnaby Street1965
Action Man1966
Mao-style1967
wear-dated1968
thermal1970
bondage1980
swaggery1980
hoochie1990
mitumba1990
kinderwhore1994
1897 Daily News 1 May 8/2 The dress..is so soft and drifty.
1962 Sunday Express 30 Dec. 17/5 Long drifty skirts of voile.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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