dryish
1
3.3
A little not completely wet, often describing land or clothes
- adjective
- /ˈdraɪɪʃ/
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seco
- After a week without watering, the soil in the garden became quite dryish.
Examples
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The weather was dryish, with only a few drops of rain falling throughout the day.
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It had been a dryish spring—no storms to rattle the foliage—so the flowering shrubbery kept blooming through June.
Fiction book (1995) -
Oh, and that kind of dryish formula, the length, yes, like look at that.
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"My clothes must be dryish," said Bryce.
Fiction book (1997) -
He noticed the cake was a bit dryish, lacking the moisture he expected.
Synonyms
semi-dry
vsdryish
1
3.8
Partly dry and still a little wet
is slightly dry in general use rather than fully wet
medium-dry
vsdryish
1
4.0
A wine or drink that is not sweet and is only slightly dry
is the more general slight dryness applying beyond beverages
Antonyms
How Dry
Surface Forms
dryish positive
Morphology
Etymology
Dryish is dry + -ish, with -ish meaning 'somewhat', like in smallish. 'Dry' means 'not wet', so dryish means a little dry or not completely wet.