noun
Meaning 1
The state of being watery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wateriness
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noun
Meaning 2
the property of resembling the viscosity of water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thinness
noun
Meaning 3
meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the haziness and wateriness of his disquisitions
- the wateriness of his blood
- no one enjoys the burning of his soup or the wateriness of his potatoes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity
noun
Meaning 4
the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield
- the water's muddiness made it undrinkable
- the sloppiness of a rainy November day
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: muddiness, sloppiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wetness
History
Etymology
From Middle English watrynesse, equivalent to watery + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: aquositat — the state of being watery
- Portuguese: aquosidade — the state of being watery