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Water is wet
I had and endless argument with some someone about this a while ago here's how it works (in my opinion) wetness is not a fundamental property of water instead wetness is having water on or inside something so a towel is wet when it has water in it. But a singular water particle by itself is not wet because it is not surrounded by water but most water is wet because they are all surrounded by other water particles.
H2O is not water
Is water a collection of H2O particles but not a H2O particle by itself?
A particle of water may be surrounded by water but when we talk about water we're usually referring to a body of water like that in a glass or pot rather than one particle thereof.
Is the water in that glass wet? No. The glass is wet.
A room can be "airy" but the air in that room is not "airy".
A car can be painted but paint is not painted.
... and so on and so forth.
Water is dry then?
That is a really good point, by saying water isn't wet you are also saying that water is dry.
I disagree if there is paint on the paint which there would be unless the paint is 1 particle thick then the paint has been painted. I don't know what airy means so I can't comment on that though.