wateriness meaning and definition

WATERINESS noun

Definition of wateriness (noun)

1. the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
   • "the baseball game was canceled because of the wateriness of the outfield"; "the water's muddiness made it undrinkable"; "the sloppiness of a rainy November day"
   • synonyms: muddiness, sloppiness
2. meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food)
   • "the haziness and wateriness of his disquisitions"; "the wateriness of his blood"; "no one enjoys the burning of his soup or the wateriness of his potatoes"
3. the property of resembling the viscosity of water