Definitions of wateriness
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the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water“the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield”
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synonyms:
muddiness, sloppiness
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type of:
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wetness
the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
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wetness
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the property of resembling the viscosity of water
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type of:
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thinness
a consistency of low viscosity
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thinness
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meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food)“the haziness and wateriness of his disquisitions”“the wateriness of his blood”“no one enjoys the burning of his soup or the wateriness of his potatoes”
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type of:
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exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness
the quality of being meager
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exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness
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