Both Uses of
arid
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- Its dry pale surface stretched severely onward, unbroken by a single figure, vehicle, or mark, save some occasional brown horse-droppings which dotted its cold aridity here and there.†
Chpt 6 *
- "Why," he said aridly; "I have come all the way here to see you to-day!†
Chpt 6
Definition:
lacking sufficient water or rainfall
or:
lacking vitality or spirit
or:
lacking vitality or spirit