RAINY


Meaning of RAINY in English

rain ‧ y /ˈreɪni/ BrE AmE adjective

1 . a rainy period of time is one when it rains a lot SYN wet :

a cold rainy day in October

I hate rainy weather.

the rainy season

2 . save something for a rainy day to save something, especially money, for a time when you will need it

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THESAURUS

▪ rainy a rainy period of time is one when it rains a lot:

a cold rainy day in October

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The weather continued to be rainy.

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The rainy season is in July.

▪ wet rainy. Wet and rainy mean the same and are used in the same way:

In Cyprus during the winter, you’ll only have the occasional wet day.

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The wet weather is expected to continue.

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another wet summer

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It's been wet all week.

▪ damp if the air feels damp, there is a lot of ↑ moisture in the air and it may be raining slightly:

It was a cold damp day.

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a damp November morning

▪ showery raining for short periods:

the cool, bright, showery weather of early April

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The weather will be showery, with some sunny intervals.

▪ drizzly raining slightly, with a lot of mist in the air:

The morning was grey and drizzly.

▪ grey British English , gray American English if the sky is grey, there are a lot clouds, and it looks like it will rain:

The next morning, the sky was grey.

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Then, as if by magic, the sun burst through what had until then been a rather grey day.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.