Definition of Dryness
1. Noun. The condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water).
Generic synonyms: Condition, Status
Specialized synonyms: Dehydration, Desiccation, Drought, Drouth, Aridity, Aridness, Thirstiness, Sereness, Conjunctivitis Arida, Xeroma, Xerophthalmia, Xerophthalmus, Dry Mouth, Xerostomia
Derivative terms: Dry, Dry, Dry, Dry, Dry, Waterless
Antonyms: Wetness
2. Noun. Moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs.
3. Noun. Objectivity and detachment. "Her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone"
Generic synonyms: Emotionlessness, Unemotionality
Derivative terms: Dispassionate, Dry, Dry
Definition of Dryness
1. n. The state of being dry. See Dry.
Definition of Dryness
1. the state of being dry [n -ES]
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dryness
Literary usage of Dryness
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1. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"-сак cine, F.: dryness (aridity, barrenness); tiresomeness (importunity); ...
dryly; harshly; stingily; M. : dryness (aridity): rimanere in —, be puzzled, ..."
2. Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians by Wilfred William Robbins, John Peabody Harrington, Barbara W. Freire-Marreco (1916)
"WETNESS AND dryness Po, 'water. ... Ta, 'to be dr\r,' 'dry,' 'dryness. ...
'it is dry' (nq, it; to, dryness; nq, to be present, to have). 67961°—Bull. ..."
3. A Practical treatise on nervous exhaustion (neurasthenia) by George Miller Beard (1894)
"Abnormal dryness of the Skin, Joints, and Mucous Membranes.—In some cases of
neurasthenia the skin of the whole body is unnaturally dry; this is especially ..."
4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"6H*0, prepared by decomposing the barium-salt with cupric sulphate, evaporating
the filtrate to dryness, and redissolving in alcohol, crystallises from a ..."
5. The Homoeopathic domestic medicine by Joseph Laurie (1883)
"Bitter or acid taste in the mouth in tlie morning; dryness of the ... the tongue
habitually coated; dryness of the mouth without thirst, or dryness and ..."
6. Steam: Its Generation and Use by Babcock & Wilcox Company (1902)
"dryness of Steam. and the ample passages for circulation, secure a steadiness of
water level not surpassed by any boiler. This is a most important point in ..."
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