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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And the region is rapidly running out of time to catch up on the severe deficit in rainfall before the winter rainy season ends.
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
San Diego has only gotten 0.14 inches of rain since Oct. 1, leading to the driest start of the rainy season since 1850.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Los Angeles has received essentially no rainfall in over 10 months, with the driest start to a rainy season on record, parching soils and vegetation and setting the stage for extreme winds to intensify and spread the fires.
—Peter H. Gleick, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Following record-breaking rain and snow in the winters of 2022-23 and 2023-24, California endured a blistering summer and a historically dry start to the 2025 rainy season.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
San Diego has only gotten 0.14 inches of rain since Oct. 1, leading to the driest start of the rainy season since 1850.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Los Angeles has received essentially no rainfall in over 10 months, with the driest start to a rainy season on record, parching soils and vegetation and setting the stage for extreme winds to intensify and spread the fires.
—Peter H. Gleick, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Following record-breaking rain and snow in the winters of 2022-23 and 2023-24, California endured a blistering summer and a historically dry start to the 2025 rainy season.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Rainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainy. Accessed 30 Jan. 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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