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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈreɪni/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈreɪni/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rā′nē)

Inflections of 'rainy' (adj):

rainier: adj comparative

rainiest: adj superlative

rain•y /ˈreɪni/USA pronunciation adj., -i•er, -i•est.

full of or being like rain;
having great amounts of rain:the rainy season.

rain•y (rā′nē),USA pronunciation adj., rain•i•er, rain•i•est.

characterized by rain:rainy weather; a rainy region.
wet with rain:rainy streets.
bringing rain:rainy clouds.

Middle English reyny, Old English rēnig. See rain, -y¹ bef. 1000

rain′i•ly, adv.
rain′i•ness, n.

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rainy /ˈreɪnɪ/ adj (rainier, rainiest)

characterized by a large rainfall: a rainy climate
wet or showery; bearing rain

ˈrainily adv ˈraininess n

'rainy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

but - dirty - Lake of the Woods - monsoon - nineteenth - Orinoco - pluvial - put aside - rainy day - season - Tonle Sap - wadi - wet - against - aside - billabong - blues - doubt - drippy - dry lake - equinoctial rains - foul - get - givey - inside - Mediterranean climate - Pluviôse - pluvious - putter - rain - run - sell - soppy

In Lists: Driving/road conditions, Human Ecology, more...

Synonyms: moist, wet, drizzly, stormy, pouring, more...

Collocations: [happened, transpired, occurred] one rainy day, (will be) mainly rainy in the [north, south, east, west], rainy with a chance of [sun, snow, clear spells], more...

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<cars go in rainy weather> Simple Present Tense
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heavily rainy
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I don't like getting up early <and><or> rainy days
idiom: for a 'rainy day'
if it <is> <will be> rainy
If the weather is rainy, you could go to one of the cafés.
in rainy weather
In stormy/rainy etc weather
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<It> being a rainy day
it feels rainy /cold
It is a very rainy day today.
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It was rainy / It was raining
It was rainy. I couldn't believe it. They got it wrong.
It's a rainy day today
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