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watery

watery

22 1.0
Wet, often with small drops like sweat or tears
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɔːtəri/
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  • When I see her red, watery eyes, I lose it.
  • watery stools
  • watery diarrhea
  • watery eyes

And then maybe I could feel what's watery and what's cold.

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Examples

  • I started out just like you, a tiny egg in a watery world.

  • George has watery blue eyes, kind of milky-blue.

    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

  • Every eye was watery when that flag went up.

  • Better the apprentice baker should see my watery eyes than they be seen by customers.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Now it was nine A.M., and watery sunlight streamed into the car.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I slipped out into the soft, watery world of the Alaskan rainforest night.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The old man shrugged off the comment, his watery eyes greeting them and lingering sadly on their wounds.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • After the rain, the streets were watery and reflected the colorful lights around them.

  • She cleared her throat and noticed her eyes were watery from the strong wind outside.

  • The soup was too watery, so I added some more vegetables to thicken it up.

Synonyms

wet
vswatery
800 1.0

Covered with liquid so it is not dry

focuses specifically on being full of or appearing like water rather than any liquid
runny
vswatery
34 1.0

More liquid than normal so it flows or drips easily

refers to being full of or appearing like water rather than just fluidity
aqueous
vswatery
5 6.8

Containing water or made with water, like a liquid mix

is the common general term for something full of or like water
liquidy
vswatery
1 4.0

Thin and watery, like a sauce or paint that does not stick

describes being wet or looking like water without stressing thinness
washy
vswatery
1 7.6

Weak in taste, like watered-down tea

means being full of or like water but not implying weakness or blandness

Antonyms

dry
791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

dehydrated
42 4.1

Having too little water in the body to work well

Compounds

watery-eyed
1 4.1

Having eyes full of tears and looking as if about to cry

How Wet

wet
1 1.0
watery
22 1.0
damp
11 1.0
moist
105 1.0
dry
791 1.0

Surface Forms

watery positive

Morphology

watery = water (transparent) = water + y

The adjective 'watery' is transparently derived from the noun 'water' with the suffix '-y' indicating 'having the quality of'.

Etymology

Watery comes from water plus the ending -y, which means 'full of'. So watery literally means 'full of water', which is why we say eyes, a shirt, or a brow are watery when they have a lot of water or tears.