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watery

[waw-tuh-ree, wot-uh-]

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adjective

pertaining to or connected with water: watery Neptune.

full of or abounding in water, as soil or a region; soggy; boggy.

containing much or too much water: a watery paste; a watery batter.

soft, soggy, tasteless, etc., due to excessive water or overcooking: watery vegetables; a watery stew.

tearful.

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of the nature of water: watery vapor.

resembling water in appearance or color: eyes of a watery blue.

resembling water in fluidity and absence of viscosity: a watery fluid.

of poor or weak quality; thin, washy, or vapid: watery prose.

10.

consisting of water: a watery grave.

11.

discharging, filled with, or secreting a waterlike morbid substance.

COLLAPSE

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English wæterig. See water, -y¹

Related forms

wa·ter·i·ly, adverb

wa·ter·i·ness, noun

un·wa·ter·y, adjective

Synonyms
3. thin, weak, diluted, dilute.

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World English Dictionary

watery (ˈwɔːtərɪ)

—*adj*
1.	relating to, consisting of, containing, or resembling water
2.	discharging or secreting water or a water-like fluid: a watery wound
3.	tearful; weepy
4.	insipid, thin, or weak

'wateriness

—n

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Medical Dictionary

watery wa·ter·y (wô'tə-rē)
adj. wa·ter·i·er, wa·ter·i·est

Filled with, consisting of, or soaked with water; wet or soggy.
Secreting or discharging water or watery fluid, especially as a symptom of disease.

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