Dry: without moisture

The idea

Use dry before a noun or after be: dry hands, the hands are dry. The comparison is drier than, with y changed to i.

Examples

• The towel is dry now.
• Please put the dry dishes on the shelf.
• My coat is dry after a night indoors.
• This path is drier than the muddy road.
• We found a dry place for the picnic.
• Are your hands dry yet?

Watch out

Dry describes the state; the verb dry can also describe removing moisture or becoming dry.

Try it yourself

1. Choose the state without moisture. The towel has no moisture: it is ___. (dry / wet)

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   dry

   Dry describes a surface without moisture.

2. Choose the comparative form. This path has less moisture than that one: it is ___. (drier / driest)

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   drier

   Drier is the comparative form with i.

3. Complete the description after are. There is no water on her hands: her hands are ___. (dry / dryly)

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   dry

   Dry follows are to describe the hands.

Use it today

Describe something dry and explain where you keep it.