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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Watery \Wa"ter*y\, a. [AS. w[ae]terig.]
   1. Of or pertaining to water; consisting of water. ``The
      watery god.'' --Dryden. ``Fish within their watery
      residence.'' --Milton.

   2. Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful.

   3. Resembling water; thin or transparent, as a liquid; as,
      watery humors.

            The oily and watery parts of the aliment.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.

   4. Hence, abounding in thin, tasteless, or insipid fluid;
      tasteless; insipid; vapid; spiritless.

Source : WordNet®

watery
     adj 1: filled with water; "watery soil"
     2: wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or blood
        or tears; "wiped his reeking neck" [syn: {reeking}, {dripping}]
     3: filled or brimming with tears; "swimming eyes"; "watery
        eyes"; "sorrow made the eyes of many grow liquid" [syn: {liquid},
         {swimming}]
     4: relating to or resembling or consisting of water; "a watery
        grave"
     5: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery
        milk"; "weak tea" [syn: {washy}, {weak}]
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