Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water);
- Example: "he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wetness \Wet"ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as,
the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth.
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2. A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of
being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of weather
or the season.
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Note: Wetness generally implies more water or liquid than is
implied by humidness or moisture.
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3. Sweat or sweating; -- a euphemism. [Colloq.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wetness
n 1: the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid
(especially water); "he confirmed the wetness of the
swimming trunks" [ant: dryness, waterlessness,
xerotes]