Cloud-water adjustments are a part of aerosol-cloud interactions, affecting the ability of clouds to reflect shortwave radiation by processes altering the vertically integrated cloud water content <em>L</em> in response to changes in the droplet concentration <em>N</em>. In this study, we utilize a simple entrainment parameterization for mixed-layer models to determine entrainment-mediated cloud-water adjustments in non-precipitating stratocumulus. At lower <em>N</em>, <em>L</em> decreases due to an increase in entrainment in response to an increase in <em>N</em> suppressing the stabilizing effect of evaporating precipitation (virga) on boundary layer dynamics. At higher <em>N</em>, the cessation of cloud-droplet sedimentation sustains more liquid water at the cloud top, and hence stronger preconditioning of free-tropospheric air, which increases entrainment with <em>N</em>. Overall, cloud-water adjustments are found to weaken distinctly from dln(<em>L</em>)/dln(<em>N</em>)=-0.48 at <em>N</em>=100 cm<sup>-3</sup> to -0.03 at <em>N</em>=1000 cm<sup>-3</sup>, indicating that a single value to describe cloud-water adjustments in non-precipitating clouds is insufficient. Based on these results, we speculate that cloud-water adjustments at lower <em>N</em> are associated with slow changes in boundary layer dynamics, while a faster response is associated with the preconditioning of free-tropospheric air at higher <em>N</em>.