Definition of Dryness

1. Noun. The condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water).


2. Noun. Moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs.
Exact synonyms: Sobriety
Generic synonyms: Moderation, Temperance
Derivative terms: Dry

3. Noun. Objectivity and detachment. "Her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone"
Exact synonyms: Dispassion, Dispassionateness
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. Noun. a lack of moisture ¹

2. Noun. the degree to which something is dry ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dryness

1. the state of being dry [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dryness

drying oil
drying out
drying time
drying up
dryings
dryish
dryland
dryland berry
dryland blueberry
drylands
drylot
drylots
dryly
drymouth
drymouths
dryness (current term)
drynesses
drynurse
drynursed
drynurses
drynursing
dryobalanops
dryolestid
dryolestids
dryopithecine
dryopithecines
drypis
drypoint
drypoints
drys

Literary usage of Dryness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

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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