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Meaning of 'watery' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Watery [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.
- Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.
- Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors.
- Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.

Meaning of 'watery' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . watery [ s]
Meaning (1):
- relating to or resembling or consisting of water
Example in sentence:
  • a watery color;
  • a watery substance
Meaning (2):
- overly diluted; thin and insipid
Example in sentence:
  • washy coffee;
  • watery milk;
  • weak tea
Meaning (3):
- filled with water
Example in sentence:
  • watery soil
Meaning (4):
- wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
Example in sentence:
  • wiped his reeking neck

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