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   Dry·ness

   /ˈdrīnəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. absence or lack of moisture or liquid: "dryness of the mouth may occur while you are taking this medicine"
   • ▪ lack or absence of rainfall or humidity: "the searing heat and dryness of the Sahara"
   • 2. lack of interest, excitement, or embellishment; dullness: "readers are repelled by the dryness of much of the matter"
   • ▪ the quality of being unemotional, undemonstrative, or impassive: "the dryness of his delivery"
   • 3. the quality in an alcoholic drink of not being sweet: "there's a lovely dryness to this straw-colored wine"

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