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drier

1

[ drahy-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that dries.
  2. any substance added to paints, varnishes, printing inks, etc., to make them dry quickly.


drier

2

[ drahy-er ]

adjective

  1. comparative of dry.

drier

1

/ ˈdraɪə /

adjective

  1. a comparative of dry


drier

2

/ ˈdraɪə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of dryer 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of drier1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English dreyere (as surname). See dry, -er 1

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Example Sentences

Extra dry, for example, is actually sweeter than brut, which is drier than demi-sec, which is somewhat sweet.

She knew what hauling water was, and she liked her washer-drier.

“Western Carson County [where the Smiths live] is one of the drier spots in the state,” he says.

Just when I think Jemaine is the dry cute one, Bret does something even cuter and drier.

The fauna is not abundant except in large mammals, which are very numerous on the drier steppes.

However interesting to them, nothing is drier and duller to us, nothing more barren and unsatisfying, than their logical sports.

Possibly in drier environments the species characteristically inhabits bromeliads, at least in the dry season.

But there were drier days in December, and on one of these I made a curious discovery.

They were found in drier situations than those described for the species in southern Tamaulipas by Martin (1958:69).

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