Meanings
adjectiveadry (comparative more adry, superlative most adry)
comparative more adry · superlative most adry
- archaicDry.
- archaicThirsty.
counsel can do little good; you may as well bid him that is sick of an ague not to be adry, or him that is wounded not to feel pain.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 3, member 3
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Hellenic*ə-
- Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
- Englisha-
- Englishdry
- Englishadry
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APA
adry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adry
MLA
“adry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adry. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adry.
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