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soddenly

soddenly

1 8.2
In a very wet way, like clothes soaked by rain
  • adverb
  • Archaic
: empapadamente
  • The ground was soddenly wet after the unexpected rainstorm.

Examples

  • After walking through the storm, his shoes squelched soddenly with every step.

  • She arrived home soddenly from her run in the heavy rain.

  • The picnic blanket lay soddenly on the grass after the sudden downpour.

  • The ground was soddenly after the heavy rain.

  • He stepped into the soddenly grass and felt the moisture.

  • His boots were soddenly soaked from walking through the flooded area.

  • After the rain ended, the garden soil felt soddenly soft and squishy underfoot.

Synonyms

dripping
vssoddenly
4 1.5

Extremely wet so that water falls from clothes or hair

is about being thoroughly soaked rather than showing liquid movement
wetly
vssoddenly
2 3.6

In a way that is covered with water or tears

is more intense, meaning deeply soaked rather than just moist
soggily
vssoddenly
1 4.7

In a wet, soft way on very damp ground

is stronger, meaning fully soaked rather than merely soft and damp

How Wet

soddenly
  • Archaic
1 8.2
wetly
2 3.6
damply
1 2.5

Surface Forms

soddently positive

Morphology

soddenly = sodden (transparent) = sodden + ly

A straightforward adverbial formation from 'sodden' meaning 'soaked', so the meaning 'extremely wet' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word soddenly comes from sodden 'soaked' plus -ly to make an adverb. So, soddenly describes something that is very wet or soaked.