drier

¹

[ drahy-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that dries.
2. any substance added to paints, varnishes, printing inks, etc., to make them dry quickly.
3. dryer ( def 1 ).

drier

²

[ drahy-er ]

adjective

1. comparative of dry.

drier

¹

/ ˈdraɪə /

noun

1. See dryer
   a variant spelling of dryer 1

drier

²

/ ˈdraɪə /

adjective

1. See dry
   a comparative of dry

Word History and Origins

Origin of drier¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English dreyere (as surname). See dry, -er ¹

Example Sentences

Otherwise, the rainforest may quickly transform into a drier savannah.

From Science News For Students

It’s on the rise for a number of reasons, including warmer and drier fire seasons and overgrown forests due to firefighting.

From Voice of San Diego

From California to Colorado, rising temperatures due to climate change have led to earlier spring snow melting, resulting in drier vegetation by summer.

From Science News

Sunnier, drier conditions may allow for warmer high temperatures.

From Washington Post

Moderate west-northwest breezes bring in some drier air, but colder air lags behind.

From Washington Post

Extra dry, for example, is actually sweeter than brut, which is drier than demi-sec, which is somewhat sweet.

From The Daily Beast

She knew what hauling water was, and she liked her washer-drier.

From The Daily Beast

“Western Carson County [where the Smiths live] is one of the drier spots in the state,” he says.

From The Daily Beast

Just when I think Jemaine is the dry cute one, Bret does something even cuter and drier.

From The Daily Beast

The fauna is not abundant except in large mammals, which are very numerous on the drier steppes.

From Project Gutenberg

However interesting to them, nothing is drier and duller to us, nothing more barren and unsatisfying, than their logical sports.

From Project Gutenberg

Possibly in drier environments the species characteristically inhabits bromeliads, at least in the dry season.

From Project Gutenberg

But there were drier days in December, and on one of these I made a curious discovery.

From Project Gutenberg

They were found in drier situations than those described for the species in southern Tamaulipas by Martin (1958:69).

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