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drier

1

[ drahy-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that dries.
  2. any substance added to paints, varnishes, printing inks, etc., to make them dry quickly.


drier

2

[ drahy-er ]

adjective

  1. comparative of dry.

drier

1

/ ˈdraɪə /

adjective

  1. a comparative of dry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


drier

2

/ ˈdraɪə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of dryer 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of drier1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English dreyere (as surname). See dry, -er 1
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Example Sentences

Otherwise, the rainforest may quickly transform into a drier savannah.

It’s on the rise for a number of reasons, including warmer and drier fire seasons and overgrown forests due to firefighting.

From California to Colorado, rising temperatures due to climate change have led to earlier spring snow melting, resulting in drier vegetation by summer.

Sunnier, drier conditions may allow for warmer high temperatures.

Moderate west-northwest breezes bring in some drier air, but colder air lags behind.

Extra dry, for example, is actually sweeter than brut, which is drier than demi-sec, which is somewhat sweet.

She knew what hauling water was, and she liked her washer-drier.

“Western Carson County [where the Smiths live] is one of the drier spots in the state,” he says.

Just when I think Jemaine is the dry cute one, Bret does something even cuter and drier.

The fauna is not abundant except in large mammals, which are very numerous on the drier steppes.

However interesting to them, nothing is drier and duller to us, nothing more barren and unsatisfying, than their logical sports.

Possibly in drier environments the species characteristically inhabits bromeliads, at least in the dry season.

But there were drier days in December, and on one of these I made a curious discovery.

They were found in drier situations than those described for the species in southern Tamaulipas by Martin (1958:69).

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