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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Be sure to keep the feeders clean, and check them often during the rainy season to make sure the seed remains dry. Joan Morris, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025 Tuesday is also expected to see rainy weather and a high in the upper 50s, forecasts show. Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 12 Oct. 2025 On a rainy Saturday last summer, I can be found paddling out, popping up, and generally hanging ten—goofily, shakily, semi-triumphantly—in a skylit East Village walk-up. Sally Singer, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025 Severe weather during our rainy and hurricane seasons make vehicles particularly susceptible to damage from wind, flood, and hail, leading to an increase in vehicle claims. Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rainy

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rainy was before the 12th century

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“Rainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainy. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

rainy

adjective
rainier; rainiest
: having much rain

Geographical Definition

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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