Dryness
['draɪnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water).
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Definition
(n.) The state of being dry. See Dry.
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Examples
- And there have been periods of great wetness and periods of great dryness throughout the earth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They understood the virtue of extreme dryness in the exercise of their antiseptic art. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This can be demonstrated by evaporating the neutral liquid to dryness and examining the residue of solid matter, which proves to be common salt. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There was that beginning of a feeling of dryness in the nose that meant the day would be hot later on. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- When Elinor had ceased to rejoice in the dryness of the season, a very awful pause took place. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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