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Antonyms for dryness

Grammar : Noun
Spell : drahy
Phonetic Transcription : draɪ

Definition of dryness

Origin :
  • Old English dryge, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (cf. Middle Low German dröge, Middle Dutch druge, Dutch droog, Old High German trucchon, German trocken, Old Norse draugr), from PIE *dreug-.
  • Meaning "barren" is mid-14c. Of humor or jests, early 15c. (implied in dryly); as "uninteresting, tedious" from 1620s. Of places prohibiting alcoholic drink, 1870 (but dry feast, one at which no liquor is served, is from late 15c.; colloquial dry (n.) "prohibitionist" is 1888, American English). Dry goods (1708) were those measured out in dry, not liquid, measure. Dry land (that not under the sea) is from early 13c. Dry run is from 1940s.
  • noun aridity
Example sentences :
  • "I have even heard so from others," he said, with an instant of dryness.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • With some dryness, she preached energy, watchfulness, and a hopeful mind.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • The last will help to relieve the dryness of politics, in which O'D.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey
  • It was enough to look at him to believe in the dryness of his throat.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • I had been accustomed from the beginning to dryness and privation.
  • Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon
  • The dryness of the climate makes very strongly for its salubrity.
  • Extract from : « Impressions of South Africa » by James Bryce
  • The dryness in his tone was a paragraph of comment on my understatement.
  • Extract from : « Lone Star Planet » by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
  • His heart began to pound, and he swallowed to relieve the dryness in his throat.
  • Extract from : « David and the Phoenix » by Edward Ormondroyd
  • The air must not be too dry, as dryness causes them to shrivel up.
  • Extract from : « Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study » by Ontario Ministry of Education
  • In thin boards all parts soon attain the same degree of dryness.
  • Extract from : « Seasoning of Wood » by Joseph B. Wagner

Synonyms for dryness

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