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dry
adjective as in moistureless
Strong matches
baked, depleted, desert, desiccant, desiccated, drained, evaporated, exhausted, impoverished, sapped, sear, shriveled
adjective as in dull, uninteresting
Weak matches
apathetic, bromidic, draggy, dull as dishwater, ho-hum, impassive, inelaborate, insipid, matter-of-fact, modest, monotonous, naked, phlegmatic, tedious, tiresome, trite, weariful, wearisome
adjective as in sarcastic, sharp-tongued
Example Sentences
Patrick Crusius worried that Texas — hot and dry and facing climate calamity — was being overrun by immigrants.
Many inland areas of the UK are likely to see quite a lot of dry weather with morning frosts and sunny skies.
Yet others say there is no way to guarantee safety — especially in extremely dry and windy conditions.
Camarillo sits in a chaparral ecosystem — one dominated by dry fire-loving brush that, as a natural part of the ecosystem’s life cycle, routinely burns.
Currently, treated effluent from the plant is released into the Los Angeles River in the Sepulveda Basin, providing a significant portion of the river’s flow in the area during dry times.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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