Definition

Adjective 1. Having a liquid or fluid consistency; not solid or set: Describes a substance that flows easily and is not thick or firm. 2. Producing or discharging liquid, especially excessively or unintentionally: Often used to describe a bodily condition where mucus or tears are flowing more than usual.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The cheese was left out too long and became runny.
  • She has a cold and a runny nose.
  • The children like their eggs with the yolk still runny.
  • The frosting was too runny to stick to the cake properly.

Advanced Usage

• "to go/turn runny": to become liquid or less solid.
  • The ice cream started to go runny in the sun.

Variants and Related Words

• Run (verb): The base verb from which "runny" is derived, meaning to flow.
• Runniness (noun, uncountable): The state or quality of being runny.
  • The runniness of the sauce made it difficult to serve.

Synonyms

• Liquid: In a fluid state.
• Watery: Containing too much water; thin.
• Fluid: Capable of flowing.
• Thin: Having low viscosity.

Antonyms

• Solid: Firm and stable in shape.
• Thick: Having a high viscosity; not flowing easily.
• Set: Firm and fixed in consistency (e.g., jelly that has set).

Adjective

1. characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape