Wateriness (Noun)
Meaning 1
Meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food); "the haziness and wateriness of his disquisitions"; "the wateriness of his blood"; "no one enjoys the burning of his soup or the wateriness of his potatoes".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 2
The wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water; "the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield"; "the water's muddiness made it undrinkable"; "the sloppiness of a rainy November day".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The hikers struggled to navigate the trail due to the wateriness of the terrain after the heavy rainfall.
- The farmer had to wait for the wateriness of the soil to dissipate before planting his crops.
- The wateriness of the lake's edge made it difficult to distinguish between the water and the surrounding land.
- The city's water treatment plant struggled to remove the wateriness from the reservoir's supply after the flooding.
- The tourists had to cancel their picnic plans because of the wateriness of the park's grassy areas.
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Meaning 3
The property of resembling the viscosity of water.
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.