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watery

wa·tery

UK/ˈwɔːtəɹi/ US/ˈwɔːtɹi/ uncommon

adjective

1.

filled with water

  • “watery soil”
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2.

wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or blood or tears

  • “wiped his reeking neck”
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3.

filled or brimming with tears

  • “swimming eyes”
  • “watery eyes”
  • “sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid”
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4.

relating to or resembling or consisting of water

  • “a watery substance”
  • “a watery color”
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5.

overly diluted; thin and insipid

  • “washy coffee”
  • “watery milk”
  • “weak tea”
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Origin

From Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteriġ (“watery”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarīg. Equivalent to water + -y.

Phrases

  • watery hide disease

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