bone-dry

[ bohn-drahy ]

/ ˈboʊnˈdraɪ /

very dry.

very thirsty.

Slang. dry(def 17).

Ceramics. (of clay) thoroughly dried.

Origin of bone-dry

First recorded in 1815–25

Also in his favor, the congressman has a dark, bone-dry sense of humor that plays well with media types.

2012’s Invisible Candidate |Michelle Cottle |August 12, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
What could have propelled a stale, bone-dry story to the top of the Internet's importance arbiter?

Cracking the New York Times Popularity Code |Thomas E. Weber |December 20, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
When they were well in the centre of the bone-dry fern, Dan nudged Una, who stopped and put on a boot as quickly as she could.

Rewards and Fairies |Rudyard Kipling
Batteries using wooden separators cannot be shipped "bone-dry," since wooden separators must be kept moist.

The Automobile Storage Battery |O. A. Witte

The sun blazed hotly, and the soft yellow bluffs of bone-dry earth reached down to the dry beds of one-time streams.

Vanguards of the Plains |Margaret McCarter
The San Reve, more fortunately swift, was home in advance of the rain and came in bone-dry.

The President |Alfred Henry Lewis
Fruits are dried only until leathery, whereas vegetables are dried until they are bone-dry.

Every Step in Canning |Grace Viall Gray

bone-dry

informal