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watery definition

wa·tery ()

adjective

  1. of or like water
  2. containing or full of water; moist
  3. thin; diluted watery tea
  4. tearful; weeping
  5. in or consisting of water a watery grave
  6. weak; insipid
  7. soft or soggy
  8. full of, secreting, or giving off a morbid discharge resembling water

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watery

modif.

moist, damp, humid, soggy, sodden, wet, thin, colorless, washed, waterlike.

Antonyms dry*, parched*, baked*.


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watery Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • diarrhea: There is fever, watery diarrhea, + vomiting.

Modifying Another Word

  • too: Not too watery cause or it'll slide off off the leaf.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: When the ice melts your drink will not lose its flavor and become too watery.
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watery quotes

Fish (fly-replete, in depth of June, Dawdling away their wat'ry noon).

-Brooke, Rupert Chawner

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