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Rainy Common

Rainy has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

(of weather) wet by periods of rain

"showery weather"

"rainy days"

2

Pouring with rain; wet; showery

"The sudden squall turned the dry path into a slippery mess, proving how quickly it can turn from sunny to rainy."

In plain English: Rainy means it is raining outside with wet clouds and falling water drops.

"The rainy afternoon kept us inside playing board games."

Example Sentences
"The rainy afternoon kept us inside playing board games." adj
"The rainy season brought heavy downpours all week long." adj
"She kept her coat handy just in case it turned rainy again." adj
"Our picnic had to be canceled due to the sudden rainy weather." adj
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Origin

Rainy comes from the Old English word reġniġ, which is formed by combining "rain" with the suffix "-y." The term has traveled directly into modern usage without a significant shift in its original meaning.

Rhyming Words
winy tiny piny miny viny briny bliny whiny pliny veiny spiny painy twiny hominy geminy taminy aspiny jiminy resiny satiny
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