puddly
6.3
Full of small pools of water after rain
- adjective
- /ˈpʌdli/
:
encharcado
- The puddly ground made it hard for the children to play outside.
Examples
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Potential for a partly puddly spell of weather next weekend.
Blog text (32) -
After the rain, the park was puddly, making it difficult to walk without getting wet.
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Such a puddly life.
Fiction book (1991) -
She carefully stepped around the puddly areas in the parking lot to keep her shoes dry.
Synonyms
puddled
vspuddly
1
3.4
Covered with small pools of water after rain
is about having the appearance or qualities of small pools rather than simple wetness
squelchy
vspuddly
1
6.1
Soft, wet ground that makes a sucking sound when you step on it
is more about visual signs of pools rather than sound or feeling
sloshy
vspuddly
4.8
Wet and soft with water that splashes when you walk on it
is about visual pool appearance rather than splashing movement
9.9
A place or surface that is wet, muddy and looks dirty and messy
focuses on pool appearance rather than general messy slush
Antonyms
How Wet
Surface Forms
puddly positive
Morphology
Etymology
Puddly comes from the simple word puddle plus the ending -y, which turns a noun into an adjective meaning 'full of' or 'like'. So puddly means 'full of puddles' or 'like a puddle', which is why we use it for places covered in small pools of water.