Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not wet; not moist or humid; not moistened; dry.
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- adjective Not
wet .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The other half of the diaper remains unwet, so I use that to dry everything off.
Zach Copley » Cloth Diapers (Non-poo-poo- and pee-pee uses) 2007
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The other half of the diaper remains unwet, so I use that to dry everything off.
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Their track would be like the passage of the Red Sea, which they might traverse with unwet feet, though a wall of destruction were impending on either side.
The Last Man 2003
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There was the sound of an explosion from far away as he drew his hands out, unwet by the water.
The Sky Is Falling Lester Del Rey 1954
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There is a parallel in incident XXXVI for the book unwet by rain.
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Glacialis, or fulmer, is most beautiful when brought on board: I cannot enough admire the delicate beauty of the snow-white plumage, unwet and unsoiled, amid the salt waves.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 Maria Graham
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Here are some writings that will put your cruelty to shame: peruse these sheets with unwet eyes, if you can.
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He went out and presently returned with some fuel which he had found unwet in a thick growth of wood.
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The asphalted street was glaring and noisy, the cross street deep in soft dust, for months unwet.
What Diantha Did Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1897
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Time would fail to tell of that wandering path which leads to the Mine Mountain near Brattleborough, where you climb the high peak at last, and perhaps see the showers come up the Connecticut till they patter on the leaves beneath you, and then, swerving, pass up the black ravine and leave you unwet.
Oldport Days 1873
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