dryness
noun
[ ˈdrʌɪnəs ]
• absence or lack of moisture or liquid.
• "dryness of the mouth may occur while you are taking this medicine"
• lack of interest, excitement, or embellishment; dullness.
• "readers are repelled by the dryness of much of the matter"
• the quality in an alcoholic drink of not being sweet.
• "there's a lovely dryness to this straw-coloured wine"
