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Meanings of aridity in English

Portuguese
aridez
Catalan
esterilitat
Spanish
esterilidad

The quality of yielding nothing of value.

aridez
Portuguese
aridez

A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)

aridez
Synonyms
Examples for "dryness"
Examples for "dryness"
1
RI: Windburn and itchy skin result from surface dryness of the skin.
Ebony
2
A great dryness of the salt consumes the substance of the egg.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher / Containing his C...
3
The hot air quickly affects the palate and causes an artificial dryness.
The Wings of the Morning
4
During these variations of the zodiacal light, the hygrometer indicated considerable dryness.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
5
Press your way through to God in spite of dryness and deadness.
How to Live a Holy Life
1
I felt immediately a fit of blood-thirstiness creep over me.
The Bushman — Life in a New Country
2
Even nowadays, though, the thirstiness of mankind is something supernatural.
The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
3
Then his brain flamed with the sole horror of thirstiness!
The Prussian Officer
4
Every year you are bombing this or that nation, because of your thirstiness for blood.
The South African
5
It ain't anything but air and heat and thirstiness pasted together by a person's imagination.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
1
But I felt a great aridness within me, and the sources of grace seemed closed against me.
Clarimonde
Usage of aridity in English
1
We had an uncomfortable experience because of the excessive heat and aridity.
A Canyon Voyage / The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition ...
2
Even in the aridity of a chronicle the accusation and rejoinder are dramatic.
Imperial Purple
3
Nothing strikes the imagination more than the absolute aridity of the region now.
The Roof of France; Or, the Causses of the Lozère
4
The aridity of the hills of Sérignan is unfavourable to them.
Social Life in the Insect World
5
The aridity of her background emphasises the paradoxical claustrophobia of large, well-appointed spaces.
The Irish Times
6
Wood density was more significantly correlated with precipitation and aridity than with temperature.
Pubmed
7
His soul was filled on a sudden with a singular aridity.
Of Human Bondage
8
Because of the heat and aridity, this is rarely explored territory.
The Guardian
9
But her father went on with a perfunctory, exasperating, dusty aridity:-
Susy, a Story of the Plains
10
Heaven forbid that we should let anybody discover this aridity of our minds!
The "Goldfish" / Being the Confessions af a Successful Man
11
And as he didn't, neither did I, and the aridity of that house!
The Enchanted April
12
In northern Mexico, aridity, salinity and high temperatures limit areas that can be cultivated.
Pubmed
13
Yet, notwithstanding the general aridity of its appearance, the country itself was not unfruitful.
Tancred; Or, The New Crusade
14
He was especially impressed with the aridity of the country.
Mormon Settlement in Arizona / A Record of Peaceful Conquest of ...
15
Time does the rest, time and the aridity of separations.
The Pool in the Desert
16
But I hope I have avoided the aridity of a mere compendium of facts.
The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History
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Portuguese
aridez
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