Dry and Spartan

Dry

Dry adjective - Marked by little or no precipitation or humidity.

Spartan and dry are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spartan" instead an adjective "Dry".

Nearby Words: drying, dryer, dryish

Spartan

Spartan adjective - Providing only the essentials and nothing fancy or luxurious.

Dry and spartan are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dry" instead an adjective "Spartan".

Nearby Word: Sparta

Both words in one sentence

  • Spartan-IIIs Robert and Shane face down an army of Covenant after their entire company has been killed; Robert is shot in the stomach by a plasma bolt and as it burns through his armor and flesh he fires his rifle dry.
  • The so-called "Spartan Mirage." Historians for a long time held Sparta as an unstoppable military juggernaut, due to its core army of Proud Warrior Race Guys and badass warrior kings, ceasing warlike activities only to deliver dry witty phrases to philosophers for posterity's sake.
    Source: Dated History
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