adjective
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characterized by a large rainfall
a rainy climate
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wet or showery; bearing rain
Other Word Forms
- rainily adverb
- raininess noun
- unrainy adjective
Etymology
Origin of rainy
before 1000; Middle English reyny, Old English rēnig. See rain, -y 1
Example Sentences
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This was in the 1990s, so he stored them away "for a rainy day".
From BBC
Opening track I Will Overcome finds her doom-scrolling through her phone on the rainy streets of Paris, set to an orchestral score that recalls Sondheim at his most melodramatic.
From BBC
The researchers analyzed water, sediment, and fish during both the rainy and dry seasons.
From Science Daily
IT WAS A windy, rainy Friday morning in January when my eyes told me what at first my brain refused to grasp.
From Literature
Two years later, on “Life Round Here,” he repeats, “Everything feels like touchdown on a rainy day.”
From Los Angeles Times
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