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Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.

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  1. a. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water.
  2. a. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.
  3. a. Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors.
  4. a. Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.
  5. adj. filled with water
  6. adj. wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears
  7. adj. relating to or resembling or consisting of water
  8. adj. overly diluted; thin and insipid
  9. 1. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. "The watery god." Dryden. "Fish within their watery residence." Milton. 2. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful. 3. Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as, watery humors. The oily and watery parts of the aliment. Arbuthnot. 4. Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid; tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.
  10. j:100 s. filled with water s. relating to or resembling or consisting of water s. overly diluted; thin and insipid