Wetness Meaning
/ˈwɛt.nəs/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe condition of being wet.
nounMoisture.
Sentence Examples
Wetness will not be intimidated by rain.
Adult disposable diapers with wetness indicator.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the rain stopped, the ____ of the grass made it impossible to sit down.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ in the air made the morning feel much colder than it actually was, as the mist covered the valley today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English wetnes, wetnesse, from Old English wǣtnes (“moisture, wetness”). By surface analysis, wet + -ness.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The young man looked long and fixedly on the place, the sight of which interested him so much that he had forgotten, in the eagerness of youthful curiosity, the wetness of his dress."
— 1823, Walter Scott, chapter 3, in Quentin Durward:
"The first business was to make a fire, an operation which was a little delayed by the wetness of the fuel and the ground, owing to the heavy showers of the afternoon."
— 1864, Henry David Thoreau, “Ktaadn”, in The Maine Woods:
"The industrial brewers continue to prosper, but now they are facing a new challenge from local brewers across the country who are dedicated to turning out brews that have only one thing in common with industrial beer—wetness."
— 1987 November 26, William Least Heat Moon, “A Glass of Handmade”, in The Atlantic:
"“Oh! if I had my gravity,” thought she, contemplating the water, “I would flash off this balcony like a long white sea-bird, headlong into the darling wetness. Heigh-ho!”"
— 1864, George MacDonald, chapter 8, in The Light Princess:
"And so nature was not interfered with in the middle of the rainy season. Sometimes it poured down in such thick sheets of water that earth and sky seemed merged in one grey wetness."
— 1958 June 17, Chinua Achebe, chapter 4, in Things Fall Apart, London: Heinemann, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the rain stopped, the ____ of the grass made it impossible to sit down.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ in the air made the morning feel much colder than it actually was, as the mist covered the valley today.