What does "wetness" mean?
The condition of being wet.
Wetness
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The condition of being wet.
- Grammar: wetness is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: became moist, becoming moist, bedraggling, best moisture.
- Useful contrasts: low moisture, potted plant dryness, aridifying.
- Usage evidence: Wetness will not be intimidated by rain.
How to use "wetness"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The condition of being wet. uncountable, usually
"The young man looked long and fixedly on the place, the sight of which interested him so much that he had forgotten, in the eagerness of youthful curiosity, the wetness of his dress."
- 2 the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) wordnet
- 3 Moisture. uncountable, usually
"“Oh! if I had my gravity,” thought she, contemplating the water, “I would flash off this balcony like a long white sea-bird, headlong into the darling wetness. Heigh-ho!”"
- 4 Rainy or damp weather. uncountable, usually
"1797, Tobias Smollett et al., The History of England, from the Revolution to the End of the American War and the Peace of Versailles in 1783, Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, Volume 4, Book 5, p. 484, They complained, that the wetness of the season, and the scarcity of fodder in the year 1762, with other natural causes, had reduced the quantity of fat cattle, by discouraging the farmers from rearing them."
Synonyms
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Example
"Wetness will not be intimidated by rain."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "wetness"?
Common synonyms include: became moist, becoming moist, bedraggling, best moisture, damp, damp.
How do you use "wetness" in a sentence?
Wetness will not be intimidated by rain.
Etymology
From Middle English wetnes, wetnesse, from Old English wǣtnes (“moisture, wetness”). By surface analysis, wet + -ness.