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How to pronounce wateriness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms muddiness, sloppiness
Type of wetness
Derivation watery


the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield.
Type Words
Type of exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness
Derivation watery


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.
Type Words
Type of thinness
Derivation watery

Examples of wateriness

wateriness
A nuanced green curry with eggplant and chicken is undermined by wateriness.
From the newsday.com
A little touch of wateriness on the end is worrisome for the future.
From the online.wsj.com
Horn drags us away from wateriness, too, with this work's title.
From the independent.co.uk
My friend relished his Southport chowder, dwelling on how the wateriness and indistinct flavouring cleverly allowed the accompanying rasher of salty bacon total dominion.
From the guardian.co.uk
Nothing quite matches that contrast of intense blue-violet in profusion with bright green leaf, those up-rolled tips, the dewy fleshiness of the plant and the ephemeral wateriness of their scent.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • 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"
  • 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"
  • The property of resembling the viscosity of water
  • The state of being watery