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wetness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun wetness has 1 sense
- wetness(n = noun.state) Array - the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water); "he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks" is a kind of condition, status
has particulars: muddiness, sloppiness, wateriness, moisture, wet, humidity, humidness, damp, dampness, moistness, sogginess
Antonym: dryness
Derived forms adjective wet1, adjective wet2
CIDE DICTIONARY
wetness, n.
- The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth. [1913 Webster]
- A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of weather or the season. [1913 Webster]" Wetness generally implies more water or liquid than is implied by humidness or moisture." [1913 Webster]
- Sweat or sweating; -- a euphemism. [PJC]
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