the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Like winter; wintry; cold; hence, disagreeable, cheerless.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Resembling winter; characteristic of or appropriate to winter; wintry; cold and bleak; cheerless.
Word Usage
"Your note, I can scarcely tell why, hurt me, and produced a kind of winterly smile, which diffuses a beam of despondent tranquillity over the features."