You also wouldn’t say that a surface that could be dried by wiping wasn’t wet if it had water on it, but claiming that any surface in contact with water is wet insofar as it is not water implies that.
You also wouldn’t say that a surface that could be dried by wiping wasn’t wet if it had water on it, but claiming that any surface in contact with water is wet insofar as it is not water implies that.
If I was working at a molecular level to notice that I certainly would.