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 mountain ranges offer bountiful expanses of what the trogons need, MacFarland said: oak and sycamore tree cavities for nests, and a smorgasbord of insect life that erupts from both winter and summer rainy seasons.
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Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
The rainy season, which typically runs from roughly June to November, would usually help replenish Mexico City’s water systems.
—Somini Sengupta César Rodríguez, New York Times, 18 May 2024
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Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
The rainy season, which typically runs from roughly June to November, would usually help replenish Mexico City’s water systems.
—Somini Sengupta César Rodríguez, New York Times, 18 May 2024
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“Rainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainy. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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Geographical Definition
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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