wateriness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
    sloppiness; muddiness.
    • 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
  2. noun 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
  3. noun the property of resembling the viscosity of water

WordNet


Wa"ter*i*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being watery; moisture; humidity.

Webster 1913