rainier; rainiest
: marked by, abounding with, or bringing rain
rainy weather
Examples of rainy in a Sentence
found that the stretch of cold, rainy weather made his joints swell and ache
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The National Weather Service says 1.27 inches of precipitation has fallen at San Diego International Airport since the rainy season began on October 1.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
In most of the U.S., the rainy season comes in spring.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
The disease can start at the beginning of the rainy season or earlier in areas with lots of overhead irrigation.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
The cooling led to harsher winters and summers that were either cold and rainy or dry, resulting in poor harvests, famines, and epidemics.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025
In most of the U.S., the rainy season comes in spring.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
The disease can start at the beginning of the rainy season or earlier in areas with lots of overhead irrigation.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
The cooling led to harsher winters and summers that were either cold and rainy or dry, resulting in poor harvests, famines, and epidemics.
—Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Rainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainy. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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Rainy
geographical name
river 80 miles (129 kilometers) long on the Canada–U.S. boundary between Ontario and Minnesota flowing from Rainy Lake into Lake of the Woods
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