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wettest

ADJECTIVE

damp, moist

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dank foggy humid misty muggy rainy slippery snowy soaked sodden soggy stormy

STRONG

drenched dripping drizzling moistened pouring raining saturate saturated soaking sopping soused teeming

WEAK

aqueous clammy dewy showery slimy slushy soppy teary water-logged watery wringing-wet

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arid clear dry

WEAK

dehydrated

Example Sentences

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In March, forecasters said parts of Cornwall and Devon had seen rainfall totals reach about 150% of the long-term average and, in February, the Met Office recorded Cornwall's wettest winter since records began.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The Met Office said this season for Cornwall, Devon and Dorset ranks in the top five of the wettest winters since records began.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

The mayor of Juiz de Fora, Margarida Salomao, said the municipality had experienced its wettest February on record.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Locals say no rain has fallen on Lallays, around 45 minutes' drive from the capital Hargeisa, since last June or July -- even though this is traditionally the wettest part of Somaliland.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

The highest population densities of Aborigines were in Australia’s wettest and most productive regions: the Murray-Darling river system of the Southeast, the eastern and northern coasts, and the southwestern corner.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond