HyperDic: wateriness

English > 3 senses of the word *wateriness*:
NOUN	state	wateriness, muddiness, sloppiness	the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
	attribute	wateriness	meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food)
	attribute	wateriness	the property of resembling the viscosity of water

English > *wateriness*: 3 senses > noun 1, state
Meaning	The wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water.
Example	"the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield"
Synonyms	muddiness, sloppiness
Broader	wetness	The condition of containing or being covered by a liquid / liquid (especially water)
Adjectives	watery	filled with water

English > *wateriness*: 3 senses > noun 2, attribute
Meaning	meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food).
Examples	"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"
Broader	meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity	The quality of being meager
Adjectives	watery	overly diluted

English > *wateriness*: 3 senses > noun 3, attribute
Meaning	The property of resembling the viscosity of water.
Broader	thinness	A consistency of low viscosity
Spanish	acuosidad
Adjectives	watery	overly diluted
	watery	relating to or resembling or consisting of water
	watery	wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears

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