moistly
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2.8
- adverb
- /ˈmɔɪstli/
:
humedecidamente
- They're more gently and moistly breaking.
If people want to wear a mask, that is OK to prevent you from breathing or, or or speaking moistly on them.
- If people want to wear a mask, that is OK to prevent you from breathing or, or or speaking moistly on them.
Examples
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My shoes sank moistly in the damp layer of fallen leaves.
Fiction book (1991) -
She holds my hand moistly.
Fiction book (1991) -
She closes her eyes again and feels this tongue pressing moistly hot on her upper thigh.
Fiction book (2000) -
Dr. Bracken, pink lips showing moistly through his beard, stopped to joke with her; the husky laugh broke.
Fiction book (1990) -
The air sparkles and sits moistly on the cheeks, nose, and eyelids.
Fiction book (1992) -
And this last time, it was directed at poor Adelle, in particular, her heavy-lidded eyes, moistly myopic behind thick glasses.
Fiction book (2001) -
Her cheek glistened moistly in the firelight from recent tears. "Please," Damien said.
Fiction book (1991) -
As they rolled across the long bridge, Alvin glanced slyly at the boy beside him; his lips, dark and definite as cut liver, winked moistly over yellow teeth.
Fiction book (1997) -
I feel my lower legs moistly muddied in the water... my bare feet are in the gooey mud of the bottom... river mollusks cut my feet and river shrimp tickle my ankles.
Fiction book (1991) -
The leaves on the ground lay moistly after the rain, creating a fresh scent in the air.
Synonyms
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3.6
In a way that is covered with water or tears
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2.5
In a slightly wet way that feels cool on the skin
In a way that has small drops of water on it in the morning
In a damp way that makes things feel wet
How Damp
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Moistly comes from the word moist ('slightly wet') plus the ending -ly ('in this way'). The root moist is the same as moisture, which means 'wetness', so moistly means 'in a slightly wet or damp way'.