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Webster 1913 Edition


Dryness

Dry′ness

,
Noun.
The state of being dry. See
Dry
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dryness

DRYNESS

,
Noun.
1.
Destitution of moisture; want of water or other fluid; siccity; a aridity; aridness; as the dryness of a soil; dryness of the road.
2.
Want of rain; as dryness of weather.
3.
Want of juice or succulence; as dryness of the bones or fibers.
4.
Want of succulence or greenness; as the dryness of hay or corn.
5.
Barrenness; jejuneness; want of ornament or pathos; want of that which enlivens and entertains; as the dryness of style or expression; the dryness of a subject.
6.
Want of feeling or sensibility in devotion; want of ardor; as dryness of spirit.

Definition 2024


dryness

dryness

English

Noun

dryness (countable and uncountable, plural drynesses)

  1. (uncountable) A lack of moisture.
  2. The degree to which something is dry.

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