Aridly
being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land;
an arid climate.
barren or unproductive because of lack of moisture:
arid farmland.
lacking interest or imaginativeness; sterile; jejune:
an arid treatment of an exciting topic.
synonyms: dull, tedious, dreary, vapid, uninspired, uninspiring; pedantic.
antonyms: lively, interesting, exciting, spirited, imaginative.
historical examples
anything else (other than a mere repeated and too aridly anglo-american winter in florence, perhaps, say) would almost only cost.
the letters of henry james (volume i) henry james
adjective
having little or no rain; dry; parched with heat
devoid of interest
adj.
1650s, “dry, parched,” from french aride (15c.) or directly from latin aridus “dry, arid, parched,” from arere “to be dry,” from pie root -as- “to burn, glow” (see ash (n.1)). figurative sense of “uninteresting” is from 1827. related: aridly.
arid
(ār’ĭd)
very dry, especially having less precipitation than is needed to support most trees or woody plants. deserts have arid climates.
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