watery
pronunciation
How to pronounce watery in British English:
UK [ˈwɔːtəri]
How to pronounce watery in American English:
US [ˈwɔːtəri]
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- Adjective:
- filled with water
- wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or blood or tears
- filled or brimming with tears
- relating to or resembling or consisting of water
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
Word Origin
- watery (adj.)
- Old English wæterig; see water (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Wateriness.
Example
- 1. The presence of the isotope is one more sign that venus was once a watery world .
- 2. Everything human beings do is , quite literally , a function of water , because every cell in our bodies is plumped full of it , and every cell is bathed in watery fluid .
- 3. It would be easy to assume , at first glance , that the watery rectangle in the center of this image is a harbor .
- 4. The first three-quarters of steven solomon 's book is an account of the ascendancy and decline of various civilisations , seen through a watery lens .
- 5. Besides settled and watery areas , the dunes are bordered by thick vegetation ( image upper left and lower right ) .