adry

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /əˈdraɪ/ UK /əˈdraɪ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
thirsty; in a dry or athirst condition

After the long march the soldiers were sorely adry.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · thirsty; in a dry or... thirsty athirst parched dry

Opposites

quenchedslaked

Word family

Related forms dry athirst

Etymology

From the prefix a- ('in a state of,' from Old English an/on) + dry, from Old English drȳge ('dry'), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.

drȳge Old English *draugiz Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# adry

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /əˈdraɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈdraɪ/

## Meanings
1. thirsty; in a dry or athirst condition

## Examples
- After the long march the soldiers were sorely adry.

## Synonyms
- thirsty
- athirst
- parched
- dry

## Antonyms
- quenched
- slaked

## Related Forms
- dry
- athirst

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: drȳge
- Root: *draugiz

## Etymology
From the prefix a- ('in a state of,' from Old English an/on) + dry, from Old English drȳge ('dry'), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.

## AI Etymology
adry comes from the prefix a- ('in a state of,' from Old English an/on) + dry, from Old English drȳge ('dry'), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz. Morphologically, the word is transparent as a compound: its parts remain visible in the modern spelling, while the older history of those parts supplies the deeper ancestry. In modern use, the adjective sense is "thirsty; in a dry or athirst condition", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as dry, athirst, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Old English drȳge, Proto-Germanic *draugiz, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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