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aridly

aridly

5.4
In a very dry way with little or no water
  • adverb
  • /ˈærɪdli/
translation icon : áridamente
  • The desert stretched aridly for miles, with no sign of water or life.

Examples

  • After months without rain, the fields looked aridly cracked and lifeless.

  • The plants struggled to survive as the land remained aridly barren throughout the summer.

  • The desert stretched aridly before us.

  • He described the landscape aridly.

  • The desert stretched aridly for miles, with no sign of water or life.

  • After months without rain, the fields looked aridly cracked and lifeless.

  • The plants struggled to survive as the land remained aridly barren throughout the summer.

Antonyms

1 2.8

In a slightly wet way

How Dry

aridly
5.4
damply
1 2.5

Surface Forms

aridly positive

Morphology

aridly = arid (transparent) = arid + ly

Direct adverbial derivation from the adjective 'arid' with the expected meaning 'in a dry, waterless manner'.

Etymology

Aridly comes from the adjective arid, from the old Latin word aridus meaning 'dry' or 'without water'. So when land or weather is described aridly it means it is very 'dry' and has little rain or moisture.