dryness
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- noun
- /ˈdraɪnəs/
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sequedad
- After the rain stopped, the dryness of the ground became evident as the sun emerged.
- oral dryness
- dryness of the mouth
- excessive dryness
What they describe is vaginal dryness, maybe a decline in sex drive.
- What they describe is vaginal dryness, maybe a decline in sex drive.
- And all this screen time can cause eye dryness and tiredness.
- Ear wax can act as a lubricator that prevents ear dryness and itchiness.
- And it will help reduce that dryness, increase lubrication, prevent recurrent UTI's.
- In terms of like dryness, It's the driest it's been in a long time.
- There's still a little tiny bit of dryness.
Examples
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So that might have had to do with the dryness that was occurring earlier.
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And all this screen time can cause eye dryness and tiredness.
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You can still see a little bit of dryness here and just here as well.
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I kind of use this when I need help with dryness, and then I use this when I want to smell good.
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A river in a time of dryness
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And I swear the dryness on my nose has pretty much gone.
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Despite the continued dryness and the threat of new fires, it was politics as usual around the state today.
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I must admit, though, that the dryness of your atmosphere is distressing to me.
Fiction book (2001) -
The skin at the ends of our fingers splits and cracks from the dryness of the strange cold.
Fiction book (1995) -
Her throat ached with dryness, and swallowing became as painful as the thorns in her feet.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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Removing water from food or other things to make them dry
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A process that removes water from something so it becomes very dry
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Very dry conditions because of little or no rain
A very dry condition when something has little or no water
The lack of water in a place
A very dry area with little or no rain that makes plants hard to grow
Antonyms
How Dry
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dryness comes from the simple adjective dry, meaning 'without moisture' or 'without water', so dryness is the state of being 'without moisture'.