soddenly
8.2
In a very wet way, like clothes soaked by rain
- adverb
- Archaic
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empapadamente
- The ground was soddenly wet after the unexpected rainstorm.
Examples
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After walking through the storm, his shoes squelched soddenly with every step.
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She arrived home soddenly from her run in the heavy rain.
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The picnic blanket lay soddenly on the grass after the sudden downpour.
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The ground was soddenly after the heavy rain.
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He stepped into the soddenly grass and felt the moisture.
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His boots were soddenly soaked from walking through the flooded area.
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After the rain ended, the garden soil felt soddenly soft and squishy underfoot.
Synonyms
wetly
vssoddenly
1
3.6
In a way that is covered with water or tears
is more intense, meaning deeply soaked rather than just moist
dripping
vssoddenly
1.5
Extremely wet so that water falls from clothes or hair
is about being thoroughly soaked rather than showing liquid movement
soggily
vssoddenly
4.7
In a wet, soft way on very damp ground
is stronger, meaning fully soaked rather than merely soft and damp
How Wet
Surface Forms
soddently positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word soddenly comes from sodden 'soaked' plus -ly to make an adverb. So, soddenly describes something that is very wet or soaked.