See Also: watery eye(medicine)
watery(dictionary)
watery(dictionary)

watery (iou)



watery adjective. Also watry.

Of land etc.: full of water, damp, well-watered. Of clouds, weather, etc.: rainy, wet. OE.
b. Covered with water; positioned or built in or near water. Chiefly poet. L16.
Resembling water in consistency; thin, (excessively) fluid; (of food etc.) containing too much water, flavourless. OE.
I. Murdoch A bottomless morass of watery mud and weed. C. Brayfield Rows of watery English lettuces.
Of speech, style, a person, etc.: vapid, uninteresting, insipid. ME.
Times Literary Supplement A watery but harmless story of London society. D. Lodge Marjorie..gave a watery smile in acknowledgement.
Resembling water in appearance or colour; (of colour, sunshine, etc.) pale; (of the sky etc.) rainy-looking, overcast. LME.
K. Waterhouse The sun was still out, in a watery sort of way.
Of, pertaining to, or inhabiting water; aquatic; (of a portent, season, etc.) heralding or bringing rain. Now rare. LME.
T. Gray She mew'd to ev'ry watry God.
Of the eyes etc.: suffused with tears, tearful; running with or exuding moisture. LME.
R. J. Graves His eyes became very red, watery, and intolerant of light.
Of the nature or consisting of water. Now chiefly arch. & literary. LME.
watery grave, watery tomb the bottom of the sea etc. as a place where a person lies drowned.
J. Purseglove The river Blackwater..forms the watery gulf between northern and southern Ireland.
b. Of a chemical extract or solution: made with water, aqueous. E19.
Heraldry. = UNDEE. L15.
waterily adverb L19.
wateriness noun (a) watery constituent or element, aqueous matter in a liquid or solid; (b) the state of being watery, watery quality or nature: LME.