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wateriness

[ waw-tuh-ree-nis, wot-uh- ]
/ ˈwɔ tə ri nɪs, ˈwɒt ə- /
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noun
the state or condition of being watery or diluted.
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Origin of wateriness

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at watery, -ness

Words nearby wateriness

Waterhouse, Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome, water hyacinth, water ice, water-inch, wateriness, watering, watering can, watering hole, watering place, watering pot
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Words related to wateriness

blandness, flatness, insipidness, jejuneness, staleness, vapidity, vapidness, innocuousness, washiness

How to use wateriness in a sentence

  • His tone was so dejected that I felt a sinking at my heart, a scratchiness in my nose and a wateriness in my eyes.

    The Belovd Vagabond|William J. Locke

  • When broken up, the starter should be of a smooth creamy texture and entirely free from lumpiness or wateriness.

    The Book of Cheese|Charles Thom and Walter Warner Fisk

  • But the fatal defects of the poetry then produced was triviality and the "wateriness" of its style.

    The Youth of Goethe|Peter Hume Brown

  • The habits of exhibiting these phenomena, in conjunction with certain other habits, make up the aquosity or wateriness of water.

    Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics|William Thomas Thornton
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