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WETNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
Example:
he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("wetness" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Attribute:
wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)
dry (free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wetness"):
muddiness; sloppiness; wateriness (the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water)
moisture; wet (wetness caused by water)
humidity; humidness (wetness in the atmosphere)
damp; dampness; moistness (a slight wetness)
sogginess (a heavy wetness)
Antonym:
dryness (the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water))
Derivation:
wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)
wet (containing moisture or volatile components)
