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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Special agents alongside local law enforcement spent their rainy Wednesday going to businesses all over South Florida, including gas stations, grocery stores and retail stores.
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
The weekend is looking rainy, with showers and thunderstorms forecast both Saturday, July 26, and Sunday, July 27, and a high of 88 both days.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 22 July 2025
European cities are much more similar in road conditions than their U.S. peers where sunny Phoenix, Arizona, with its wide streets, is far easier for self-driving cars to master than the narrow cross-streets of cold and rainy New York City.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 July 2025
Footage released on Friday from a state cruiser and a tow truck showed that rainy conditions created puddling on I-91.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2025
The weekend is looking rainy, with showers and thunderstorms forecast both Saturday, July 26, and Sunday, July 27, and a high of 88 both days.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 22 July 2025
European cities are much more similar in road conditions than their U.S. peers where sunny Phoenix, Arizona, with its wide streets, is far easier for self-driving cars to master than the narrow cross-streets of cold and rainy New York City.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 22 July 2025
Footage released on Friday from a state cruiser and a tow truck showed that rainy conditions created puddling on I-91.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2025
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“Rainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainy. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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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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