The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - dry adj.

1) dehydrated, desiccated, arid, sear, parched, waterless, moistureless; barren, bare, fruitless: With no rain for a month, the dry earth yielded no crops. 2) dreary, boring, tedious, tiresome, wearisome, wearying, tiring, dull, uninteresting, monotonous, prosaic, commonplace, stale, uninspired; plain, unadorned, unembellished: The minister's speech was as dry as could be, a litany of dry statistics. 3) witty, droll, wry, cynical, biting, sarcastic, cutting, keen, sly, ironic: Oscar Wilde was known for his dry witticisms. --v. 4) dehydrate, desiccate, parch: As the rainfall subsided, the land dried and changed into a desert. 5) dry up or out, wither, shrivel, shrink, wilt: The plants dried because they weren't watered.