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dryest

adjective
SayDRY-ist/ˈdɹaɪɪst/

1 meaning of dryest

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Superlative of dry. A less common spelling of driest.

    This was the dryest summer the valley had seen in decades.

    He chose the dryest spot under the tree to set down his bag.

    Note

    A spelling that keeps the y of dry, where driest turns it to i; the two mean exactly the same. It usually follows the or a possessive (the county's dryest town). It can carry any meaning of dry: the least moisture, a well or cow that yields nothing, the strictest absence of alcohol, even the figurative sense of thirst or eagerness.

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