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rainy
/ ˈreɪnɪ /
adjective
- characterized by a large rainfall
a rainy climate
- wet or showery; bearing rain
Derived Forms
- ˈrainily, adverb
- ˈraininess, noun
Other Words From
- raini·ly adverb
- raini·ness noun
- un·rainy adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
During the cold, rainy winters, the flying insects that are the woodpeckers' preferred diet disappear and the birds depend on the nuts in these pantries.
Nighttime temperatures often dip below freezing in these rainy tropical highlands.
If you’re headed to the coast, go in the springtime or midsummer to avoid the rainy seasons, which run from May to mid-July and mid-November to mid-January.
Short-term forecasts like those in your smartphone’s weather app are based on the observations that feed into them, such as whether it is currently rainy in Northern California or whether there are strong winds over central Alaska.
The Water Authority also dipped into its rainy day reserve fund up to a limit set by its board of directors to keep the rate increase for consumers lower.
Then she managed to struggle a mile through dark, rainy woods.
There were mats everywhere and it was like a big rainy-day sleepover with most of the cast.
In the lean rainy season, the women switched out meat and oily sauces for vegetables.
Potholes are common in the rainy region as well as a heavy fog that often hinders visibility.
It was a very rainy summer—the summer Arthur Ashe won Wimbledon against Jimmy Connors, which I watched in the pub.
In that part, it was little better than a morass, from the occasional overflowing of the waters at the rainy seasons.
That we will, and you never need want, Mark, for I've many a fine bone buried away against old age and rainy weather.
In the rainy season they fear firearms but little, for they know that they are of less effect than none at all.
On rainy or melancholy days Edna went out and sought the society of the friends she had made at Grand Isle.
During the rainy season, most of these cliffs and rocks are covered with water, and the river then appears more majestic.
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