"adry" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈdɹʌɪ/ [UK] Forms: more adry [comparative], most adry [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English dry English adry From a- + dry. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|a-|dry|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English dry English adry [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "un-", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*né", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*ə-", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἀ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "a-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "dry", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "adry", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="adry"> From a- + dry. Head templates: {{en-adj}} adry (comparative more adry, superlative most adry)
  1. (archaic) Dry. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-adry-en-adj-Ea8PS1hK Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 93 7
  2. (archaic) Thirsty. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-adry-en-adj-AIrVwAPf Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 21 79
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