The phrase "a touch dry" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is slightly lacking in moisture or liveliness, often in reference to food, writing, or a performance.
Example: "The cake was a touch dry, but the frosting made up for it."
Alternatives: "a bit dry" or "slightly dry".
Here the sound was fuller and richer, though still a touch dry.
Dense and a touch dry, it is a fine foil to coffee and speculation on tomorrow's headlines.
Dr Cox has been widely credited with teasing us from our collective belief that science is a touch dry for those without an MSc.
If it all sounds a touch dry, the fun comes from watching the way Leth continually outfoxes von Trier, producing mini-masterworks of quite stunning evasive ingenuity.
So remember, gender politics are bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase: "Are you being served?" Get a cob on while you're waiting for a drink, flirt too hard with the lady in charge, and your local watering hole might well get a touch dry.
Adding less liquid, as Stein and Hayden recommend, gently steams the meat, so it's moist, but still retains its distinctive flavour – rely on its own juices, as Buxton does, and you get a great-tasting kleftiko that's just a touch dry.
A small amount in wet hair will help balance the drying effects of your winter routine while a touch on dry hair adds shine and reduces frizz and static.
As Marshal Zhukov said, with a touch of dry Bolshevik humour, it took a very brave man to be a coward in the Red Army.
It had a nose of syrupy, overripe fruit, with lush spoonfuls of melon, apricot and cinnamon-spice in the mouth, followed by a honeyed finish with just a touch of dry minerality.
HENDRICK'S GIN GIBSON From the Rise bar at the Ritz-Carlton New York, Battery Park 3 ounces of Hendrick's gin A touch of dry vermouth Cocktail onions 1. Chill martini glass.
The pomegranate bread pudding was a touch too dry, but the mignardise of house-made petit fours at the meal's end was as pleasing as the amuse-bouche delivered on our arrival.
