watery

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective filled with water
  2. adjective wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
  3. adjective relating to or resembling or consisting of water

Etymology

From Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteriġ (“watery”), from Proto-West Germanic *watarīg. Equivalent to water + -y.

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