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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The spokesperson said rainy weather caused low visibility, and the woman was struck by a vehicle being driven by a 39-year-old man near the intersection of 159th Street and 94th Avenue.
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
The rainy season, which is also sometimes called the green season, usually lasts from May through November.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
The rainy season has begun, and the air feels heavy.
—Sadia Shepard, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Despite the rainy downpour at the 2010 Golden Globes, nothing could dampen Aniston's star power that night.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
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Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
The rainy season, which is also sometimes called the green season, usually lasts from May through November.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
The rainy season has begun, and the air feels heavy.
—Sadia Shepard, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Despite the rainy downpour at the 2010 Golden Globes, nothing could dampen Aniston's star power that night.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
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“Rainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainy. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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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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