(a.) Wet.

Spartan adhesive aloof amylaceous apathetic arid banausic barren blah bland blank bloodless boring characterless clabbered clammy clotted coagulated cold colorless curdled dead deadly detached dim dismal doughy dowdy draggy drearisome dreary dry dryasdust dull dusty effete elephantine empty etiolated fade flat fogyish frumpish frumpy fuddy-duddy gaumy gelatinous glairy gluelike gluey glutenous glutinose glutinous gooey grumous gumbo gumbolike gumlike gummous gummy heavy ho-hum hollow humdrum inane indifferent indomitable inexcitable insipid inspissated jejune jelled jellied jellylike leaden lifeless long-suffering low-spirited matter-of-fact monotone monotonous mucilaginous old-fogy old-fogyish out-of-date outmoded pale pallid pasty patient pedantic pedestrian phlegmatic plodding pointless poky ponderous ravaged with age resigned ropy self-controlled senile slabby slimy slithery slow solemn spiritless starchy sterile sticky stiff stoic stolid stringy stuffy superficial syrupy tacky tasteless tedious tenacious thick thickened tiresome tough tremelloid tremellose turgid unassailable unconcerned unexciting unimaginative uninteresting unlively vapid viscid viscose viscous weighty wooden