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Grammar : Noun
Spell : wet
Phonetic Transcription : wɛt



Definition of wetness

Origin :
  • Old English wætan "to be wet;" see wet (adj.). Related: Wetted; wetting.
  • As in moisture : noun dampness; liquid
  • As in precipitation : noun moisture in air or falling from sky
  • As in wet : noun dampness, moisture
  • As in stickiness : noun humidity
  • As in humidity : noun very damp weather
Example sentences :
  • Now we gave our attention to the wetness of garments, for we were chilled blue.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • The natives, however, impute these defects to the wetness of the season.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers » by Various
  • All beneath the trees is water, and the air is full of warm steam and wetness.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Continent » by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
  • A wetness other than that from the coyote's tongue slid down his forehead now.
  • Extract from : « The Defiant Agents » by Andre Alice Norton
  • But at first we did not attend to dryness so much as to mud and wetness.
  • Extract from : « The Maine Woods » by Henry David Thoreau
  • Extremes of heat or cold, wetness or dryness, are fatal to the pear.
  • Extract from : « The Pears of New York » by U. P. Hedrick
  • He felt the chill of the snow under his knees, and its wetness in his cuffs.
  • Extract from : « Seven Keys to Baldpate » by Earl Derr Biggers
  • In the North of Ireland the peasantry pronounce the word witness "wetness."
  • Extract from : « Law and Laughter » by George Alexander Morton
  • She felt a lump in her throat, a smile on her lips, and a wetness in her eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Salamander » by Owen Johnson
  • Gilbert picked his way around these impediments of wetness and débris.
  • Extract from : « Tom Slade's Double Dare » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Synonyms for wetness

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