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dryish

dryish

1 4.2
Slightly quiet and serious in style, not showing much feeling
  • adjective
  • /ˈdraɪɪʃ/
: seco
  • She had a dryish way of speaking that made it hard to tell if she was joking.

Examples

  • His dryish jokes often left the audience feeling a bit unsure whether to laugh.

  • The atmosphere at the meeting was a bit dryish, lacking in enthusiasm and energy.

  • It really is a skinny pencil, but like not too dry, not too soft.

Synonyms

dry
vsdryish
106 4.6

Quiet, calm humor that shows little emotion

is only mildly unemotional and gently understated
stiffish
vsdryish
1 6.7

A little formal and not warm in how someone acts

is less formal and only mildly unemotional rather than rigid
baldish
vsdryish
6.8

Simple and plain in style, giving only basic facts

is more mildly unemotional and understated in tone

Antonyms

emotional
598 2.1

Showing strong feelings that are easy to see

How Dry

deadpan
9 7.5
dry
106 4.6
dryish
1 4.2
understated
23 6.5

Surface Forms

dryish positive
drier comparative
driest superlative

Morphology

dryish = dry (transparent) = dry + ish

The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ish' to the adjective 'dry', yielding 'somewhat dry'.

Etymology

Dryish is formed from dry + -ish, where -ish means 'somewhat', like in reddish. 'Dry' can mean 'not showing strong feeling', as in 'dry humor', so dryish means slightly unemotional or subtly funny.