DRY vs IRONICAL: NOUN
- Dry land: as, to execute a piece of engineering work in the dry (that is, not under water).
- A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- A prohibitionist.
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DRY vs IRONICAL: ADJECTIVE
- Without a mucous or watery discharge
- Having a large proportion of strong liquor
- Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages
- Free from liquid or moisture.
- Having or characterized by little or no rain.
- Marked by the absence of natural or normal moisture.
- Not under water.
- Having all the water or liquid drained away, evaporated, or exhausted.
- No longer yielding liquid, especially milk.
- Not producing a liquid substance that is normally produced.
- No longer wet.
- Lacking warmth or emotional involvement
- Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
- Not producing milk
- Free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
- Not shedding tears
- (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
- Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless
- Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
- Unproductive especially of the expected results
- Having no adornment or coloration
- (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
- Suffering from fluid deprivation
- Needing moisture or drink.
- Constructed without mortar or cement.
- Unproductive of the expected results.
- Prohibiting or opposed to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages.
- Of or relating to solid rather than liquid substances or commodities.
- Not sweet as a result of the decomposition of sugar during fermentation. Used of wines.
- Eaten or served without butter, gravy, or other garnish.
- Humorous in an understated or unemotional way.
- Wearisome; dull.
- Humorously sarcastic or mocking
- Having no adornment or coloration; plain.
- Matter-of-fact or indifferent in manner.
- Lacking tenderness, warmth, or involvement; severe.
- Devoid of bias or personal concern.
- Feigning ignorance; simulating lack of instruction or knowledge; exhibiting Socratic irony.
- Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.
- Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
- Addicted to the use of irony; given to irony.
- Pertaining to irony; containing, expressing, or characterized by, irony.
- Humorously sarcastic or mocking
- Characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is
DRY vs IRONICAL: VERB
- Remove the moisture from and make dry
- Become dry or drier
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DRY vs IRONICAL: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To remove the moisture from; make dry.
- To preserve (meat or other foods, for example) by extracting the moisture.
- To become dry.
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DRY vs IRONICAL: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To be wholly evaporated; cease to flow.
- To wither, as a limb
- To cease talking; be silent.
- In pathology, not attended with suppuration, a fluid discharge or exudation, or hemorrhage.
- To lose moisture; become free from moisture.
- Without moisture; not moist; absolutely or comparatively free from water or wetness, or from fluid of any kind: as, dry land; dry clothes; dry weather; a dry day; dry wood; dry bones.
- Specifically
- In geology and mining, free from the presence or use of water, or distant from water: as, dry diggings; dry separation.
- Not giving milk: as, a dry cow.
- Thirsty; craving drink, especially intoxicating drink.
- Lacking moisture or volatile components
- Lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water
- Or no longer wet
- To evaporate; be exhaled; lose fluidity: as, water dries away rapidly; blood dries quickly on exposure to the air.
- Lacking interest or stimulation
- Dull and lifeless
- I happen to be teetotal"
- To evaporate completely; stop the flow of: as, the fierce heat dried up all the streams.
- To wither; parch.
- To cause to evaporate or exhale; stop the flow of: as, to dry out the water from a wet garment.
- To make dry; free from water or from moisture of any kind, and by any means, as by wiping, evaporation, exhalation, or drainage; desiccate: as, to dry the eyes; to dry hay; wind dries the earth; to dry a meadow or a swamp.
- A small child with a dry nose"
- Pretending ignorance; simulating lack of instruction of knowledge. See irony, 1.
- Hence Conveying or consisting of covert sarcasm; sarcastic under a serious or friendly pretense: as, an ironical compliment.
- Addicted to irony; using disguised sarcasm: as, an ironical speaker.
DRY vs IRONICAL: RELATED WORDS
- Unproductive, Tearless, Unstimulating, Shriveled, Scorched, Sere, Semiarid, Juiceless, Thirsty, Waterless, Unsweet, Desiccated, Arid, Rainless, Parched
- Laughable, Poignant, Absurd, Funny, Comical, Paradoxical, Satirical, Moronic, Sarcastic, Dry, Wry, Humorous, Humourous, Incongruous, Ironic
DRY vs IRONICAL: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Unproductive, Tearless, Unstimulating, Shriveled, Scorched, Sere, Semiarid, Juiceless, Thirsty, Waterless, Unsweet, Desiccated, Arid, Rainless, Parched
- Laughable, Poignant, Absurd, Funny, Comical, Paradoxical, Satirical, Moronic, Sarcastic, Dry, Wry, Humorous, Humourous, Incongruous, Ironic
DRY vs IRONICAL: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Permanent ponds: Ponds that do not normally dry up except in especially dry years.
- Freezing, dry cold, dry heat, and natural soil compositions can create natural embalming.
- They significantly improve chronic conditions worsened by dry air, such as asthma and dry skin.
- They also are known to cause dry mouth, dry eyes, and can worsen constipation.
- Keep your receiver and transmitter dry; if they get wet, wipe them dry immediately.
- Skin dry, tongue completely dry, whitish coating in the middle fairly free.
- Once dry, simply use any dry erase markers to dr.
- This dry spell has caused the stream to dry up.
- Pump onto dry hands and smooth over dry face.
- This can help dry up a cough or runny nose but can also cause side effects such as a dry mouth and dry nose.
- It is ironical that whatever SRK does, Ak does better.
- Though his words are ironical, they probably indicate that Catholics already applied it to the pope.
- Mobile is it sounds ironical if you want a regular communication requirements, the user of free.
- His softly ironical yet affectionate treatment of feminine ways is especially admirable.
- What could be more ironical than the fact that a disquali.
- This ironical exclamation is very common in our old dramatists.
- Even his spectacles seemed to wear an ironical gleam.
- The gamin of Paris is respectful, ironical, and insolent.
- The lead cases came in an ironical order.
- His language is pithy, critical and often ironical.
DRY vs IRONICAL: QUESTIONS
- Is dry ice blasting an environmentally friendly method?
- Why is dry cleaning more expensive than laundering?
- Can dry macular degeneration cause total blindness?
- How to contact Martinizing Dry Cleaning for environmentally responsible dry cleaning services?
- How long does it take for Chem-Dry of Boulder to dry carpet?
- Is it better to let your hair dry or dry when braiding?
- What is the best dry eye ointment for dry eyes at night?
- Why do I have dry eyes and dry mouth after smoking marijuana?
- Does plaster take longer to dry than dry wall compound?
- Can certain medications cause dry eyes and a dry mouth?
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