dryness
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈdraɪnəs/
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- The dryness of the embrace marks the transition from sexual to domestic love, from the physical joy of sex to the physical joy of being held by someone with whom a life has been shared.
- dryness in his voice
- proper dryness
Examples
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Responses generally reflected the difficulty and dryness of the material.
Academic text (1995) -
In order to do this, we need to give ourselves over to God completely, which requires great fidelity in times of dryness.
Blog text (12) -
The psychological dryness was getting to him.
Fiction book (2002) -
"The dryness in his voice was probably due to the fact that their dinner was as black as a cinder.
Fiction book (1995) -
She enjoyed everything about this job, especially its dryness.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Somehow, I doubt that," Will countered, a hint of dryness in his P110 voice.
Fiction book (1994) -
He swallowed against the dryness in his throat, thinking that the sickness would pass, that he would be well again when he woke.
Fiction book (1993) -
Ayer helped create the philosophical tone which Iris Murdoch criticized in her celebrated "Against Dryness."
Academic text (1996) -
The dryness of Swift's style makes it hard to know for sure whether the correspondence between these threads, cables, and tightropes is an effect of conscious art, and one must be cautious about assigning it meaning.
Academic text (2016) -
His replies were marked by a certain dryness that made him seem distant.
Synonyms
7
3.2
Lack of warmth or friendliness in someone's behaviour
4
7.2
A feeling of being distant from other people and not friendly
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5.5
A distant, unfriendly way of acting that shows little feeling
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7.3
A calm state of not feeling strong emotions and judging fairly
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4.4
A cold, unfriendly way someone behaves and speaks
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4.4
A calm lack of emotion when people expect a strong reaction
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6.3
A way of being only a little warm or not very excited
Not taking sides and not showing strong feelings when judging people or events
A state of showing little or no feeling
A lack of visible emotion
A habit of staying quiet and keeping away from other people
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dryness also means a lack of warmth or feeling. A helpful way to remember this is to think of dry things as 'empty' or 'cold', so dryness in speech or behavior means being 'unemotional'.