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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characterized by short periods of noisy commotion;
- Example: "a home life that has been extraordinarily squally"
[syn: squally, squalling]

2. characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain;
- Example: "a grey squally morning"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Squally \Squall"y\ (-[y^]), a. 1. Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather. [1913 Webster] 2. (Agric.) Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a field of turnips or grain. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 3. (Weaving) Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; -- said of cloth. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

squally adj 1: characterized by short periods of noisy commotion; "a home life that has been extraordinarily squally" [syn: squally, squalling] 2: characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain; "a grey squally morning"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "squally": aeolian, airish, airy, blasty, blowy, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boreal, breezy, brisk, castellatus, cirrose, cirrous, cloud-flecked, clouded, cloudy, cumuliform, cumulous, dark, dirty, drafty, favonian, flawy, fresh, gloomy, gusty, heavy, lenticularis, mammatus, nebulous, nimbose, nubilous, overcast, overclouded, puffy, stormy, stratiform, stratous, thunderheaded, windy