driest
US · AUSDRY-ist/ˈdɹaɪɪst/
- 1Superlative of dry.
August was the driest month on record for the entire region.
She picked the driest logs from the pile so the fire would catch quickly.
Note
The y of dry turns to i before -est, the same spelling change seen in happiest and busiest. The superlative carries every sense of the adjective, not only the weather one. A well can be the driest of several because it yields the least water, a cow the driest in the herd because it gives the least milk, and a town that bans alcohol the driest in its county.
driest is a form of dry
dry, adjective: Free from moisture or water; not wet or damp, including (in chemistry) containing no water at all. Full entry
- Spelling
- dry → driest: change y to i, add -est
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