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runny

/ˈɹʌni/

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Northern England/ˈɹʊni/

runny adjective: fluid; readily flowing.

Adjective

runny (comparative runnier, superlative runniest)

  1. Fluid; readily flowing.
    • runny honey
    Synonyms:
    fluxive
  2. Liable to run or drip.
    • a runny nose
    • a runny tap

runny meaning in Malayalam

runny in Malayalam

fluid, liquefied, liquid
ഒഴുകുന്ന, പ്രസൃമര, ദ്രാവക, ദ്രാവകരൂപത്തിലുള്ള, ദ്രാവകമായ, ജലീയമായ

Examples of runny in a sentence

  • The mucus in coryza may vary from runny to viscous.
  • Runny yolk in the middle of a flavorful cloud of egg whites and seasoning—yum!
  • His specialty has been goofball sweetie-pies: romantics, naïfs, the occasional superhero with a runny nose.

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Synonyms of runny

Antonyms

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Forms of runny

comparativerunnier
superlativerunniest

Origin of runny

From run + -y.

Words formed from runny

Phrases with runny

Words that rhyme with runny

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Questions about runny

What does runny mean?
Runny means fluid; readily flowing.
What is runny in Malayalam?
Runny in Malayalam is ഒഴുകുന്ന, പ്രസൃമര, ദ്രാവക. See Runny meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is runny?
Runny is an adjective.
How do you pronounce runny?
Runny is pronounced /ˈɹʌni/ (UK).

Words near runny in the dictionary

  1. runnings of the bulls
  2. runningwear
  3. runnion
  4. runnions
  5. runns
  6. runny
  7. runny nose
  8. runny noses
  9. Runnyford
  10. Runnymede
  11. runoff

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Adapted from Wiktionary: runny (page history and authors); runny (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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