dry as dust
adjective
Roget 843:
dull,
dull as ditch water;
unentertaining,
uninteresting,
flat,
dry as dust;
unfunny,
unlively†,
logy [U.S.];
unimaginative;
insulse†;
dry as dust;
prosy,
prosing,
prosaic;
matter of fact,
commonplace,
pedestrian,
pointless;
weary stale flat and unprofitable"
[Hamlet].
stupid,
slow,
flat,
insipid,
vapid,
humdrum,
monotonous;
melancholic
etc.
837;
stolid
etc.
499;
plodding.
boring,
tiresome,
tedious
etc.
841.
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Roget 340:
dry,
anhydrous,
arid;
adust†,
arescent†;
dried
etc.
v.;
undamped;
juiceless†,
sapless;
sear;
husky;
rainless,
without rain,
fine;
dry as a bone,
dry as dust,
dry as a stick,
dry as a mummy,
dry as a biscuit.
water proof,
water tight.
dehydrated,
dessicated.
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