watery

[ waw-tuh-ree, wot-uh- ]

/ ˈwɔ tə ri, ˈwɒt ə- /

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adjective

pertaining to or connected with water: watery Neptune.

full of or abounding in water, as soil or a region; soggy; boggy.

containing much or too much water: a watery paste; a watery batter.

soft, soggy, tasteless, etc., due to excessive water or overcooking: watery vegetables; a watery stew.

tearful.

of the nature of water: watery vapor.

resembling water in appearance or color: eyes of a watery blue.

resembling water in fluidity and absence of viscosity: a watery fluid.

of poor or weak quality; thin, washy, or vapid: watery prose.

consisting of water: a watery grave.

discharging, filled with, or secreting a waterlike morbid substance.

Nearby words

waterway, waterweed, waterwheel, waterworks, waterworn, watery, watford, watkins, watkins glen, watling island, wats

Origin of watery

before 1000; Middle English; Old English wæterig. See water, -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR watery

3 thin, weak, diluted, dilute.

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Related formswa·ter·i·ly, adverbwa·ter·i·ness, nounun·wa·ter·y, adjective

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Examples from the Web for watery

He said he watched waste haulers back up to the pit and unleash torrents of watery muck.
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When multiple cases of watery diarrhea spread through one village, doctors feared it was cholera.
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It depicts an exhausted Texas oil field on scrub land, an old railroad bed and a watery ditch converging in the distance.
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In Ring, Sadako, the protagonist had died in a well, and returns from the watery grave to haunt the living.
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The flickering, blurred flames of gas-lamps seemed to be dissolving in a watery atmosphere.
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The crisp, sweet, watery pink pulp enveloping each seed is the edible portion of the Pomegranate.
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Yes, yes, I can read it in her saffron face and in her watery eyes when we meet at the church door on Sundays.
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Then for a while the watery area was almost smooth, so completely had the great wave levelled it.
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The milk is watery and poor, but the natives like it very much.
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British Dictionary definitions for watery

watery

/ (ˈwɔːtərɪ) /

adjective

relating to, consisting of, containing, or resembling water

discharging or secreting water or a water-like fluida watery wound

tearful; weepy

insipid, thin, or weak

Derived Formswateriness, noun

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Word Origin and History for watery

watery

adj.

Old English wæterig; see water (n.1) + -y (2).

Medicine definitions for watery

watery

[ wô′tə-rē ]

adj.

Filled with, consisting of, or soaked with water; wet or soggy.

Secreting or discharging water or watery fluid, especially as a symptom of disease.

watery

adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for watery

watery

adjective

Word Origin and History for watery

watery

Medicine definitions for watery

watery

adj.