unrainyadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈreɪni/, U.S. /ˌənˈreɪni/ Not rainy.
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rainless1557
showerless1744
unrainy1850
1850 Voice of Song 18 For air and exercise we must embrace Each opportunity; th' unrainy day, Whate'er discomfort else obliged to face, Should tempt us not to throw the chance away.
1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 354 In this unrainy climate the roads are very seldom paved.
1912 Jrnl. Soc. Estate Clerks of Wks. May 76/1 Putting it [sc. the water supply] by for an unrainy day, as it were.
1988 N.Y. Mag. 5 Sept. 26/4 (caption) Those lovely, cool, unrainy (we hope) days are for you to walk the sidewalks of Greenwich Village.
2007 D. Hall Eagle Pond iii. 213 My grandfather and I cut widow hay July and August unrainy hot mornings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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