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/waw"teuh ree, wot"euh-/, adj.1. pertaining to or connected with water: watery Neptune.2. full of or abounding in water, as soil or a region; soggy; boggy.3. containing much or too much water: a watery paste; a watery batter.4. soft, soggy, tasteless, etc., due to excessive water or overcooking: watery vegetables; a watery stew.5. tearful.6. of the nature of water: watery vapor.7. resembling water in appearance or color: eyes of a watery blue.8. resembling water in fluidity and absence of viscosity: a watery fluid.9. of poor or weak quality; thin, washy, or vapid: watery prose.10. consisting of water: a watery grave.11. discharging, filled with, or secreting a waterlike morbid substance.[bef. 1000; ME; OE waeterig. See WATER, -Y1]
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