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Learn to pronounce dry

/drī/
adjective
  1. free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist.
    "the jacket kept me warm and dry"
    synonyms: parched, dried, withered, shriveled, wilted, wizened, crisp, crispy, brittle, dehydrated, desiccated, sun-baked, sapless, juiceless, hard, hardened, dried out, stale, old, past its best, past its sell-by date, off
  2. (of information, writing, etc.) dealing primarily with facts and presented in a dull, uninteresting way.
    "he not only avoids dry accounts of regimes and rulers, but enables the reader to feel how the substance of daily life has changed"
  3. (of a joke or sense of humor) subtle, expressed in a matter-of-fact way, and having the appearance of being unconscious or unintentional.
    "he delighted his friends with a dry, covert sense of humor"
    synonyms: wry, subtle, low-key, laconic, sly, sharp, deadpan, straight-faced, poker-faced, ironic, sardonic, sarcastic, cynical, mordant, biting, satirical, mocking, scoffing, droll, waggish, sarky
  4. prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic drink.
    "Indiana stayed dry after the end of prohibition"
    synonyms: Prohibitionist, teetotal, alcohol-free, nondrinking, abstinent, clean, sober, on the wagon, straight
  5. (of an alcoholic drink) not sweet.
    "a dry, medium-bodied red wine"
    synonyms: crisp, sharp, piquant, not sweet, tart, bitter

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