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Synonyms for runny


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ruhn-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌn i

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Définition of runny

Origin :
  • 1817, from run (v.) + -y (2).
  • As in liquid : adj fluid, flowing, melting
  • As in thin : adj diluted
  • As in watery : adj liquid, diluted
  • As in weak : adj watered-down
  • As in fluid : adj liquid
Example sentences :
  • Cooks me dandy rice and runny eggs, and sits on the neck of every bottle in New York while I dig.
  • Extract from : « Blue-grass and Broadway » by Maria Thompson Daviess
  • But I am antiquated enough to like the rather flat, seedy things, and the "runny" jelly is of a wonderful colour and flavour.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Outdoor Work » by Mary Rogers Miller
  • Alan drew up alongside of it and made out the runny outlines of the legs and arms, the torso and the head.
  • Extract from : « Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town » by Cory Doctorow
  • Even grown people knew nothing, except by vague hearsay, of cheese so runny that if you didn't care to eat it you could drink it.
  • Extract from : « Cobb's Bill-of-Fare » by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
  • They were so hot that the butter melted over them instantly, and crisp outside, with delicious, runny insides.
  • Extract from : « The Idyl of Twin Fires » by Walter Prichard Eaton
  • Gisip-un ku tungud sa abug, I have a runny nose from the dust.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan » by John U. Wolff
  • Occasional use can cause a stuffy or runny nose, while chronic use can ulcerate the mucous membrane of the nose.
  • Extract from : « What Works: Schools Without Drugs » by United States Department of Education

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