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wettish

wettish

4.5
A little wet, like after rain or dew
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɛtɪʃ/
translation icon : humedecido
  • The lettuce looked fresh and wettish, glistening with droplets of water.

Examples

  • After the light rain, the ground felt wettish and soft beneath my shoes.

  • Tiny flakes of snow are mixed among the wettish drops that fall in a ceaseless gray mass.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • He wiped his hands on his shirt, leaving them a bit wettish from the spilled drink.

Synonyms

wet
vswettish
800 1.0

Covered with liquid so it is not dry

is milder and shows only a small amount of liquid not full coverage
damp
vswettish
113 1.0

Slightly wet and often uncomfortable

describes a neutral slight wetness without negative feeling
moist
vswettish
105 1.0

Slightly wet in a pleasant or suitable way

denotes a neutral slight wetness without pleasant tone
dampish
vswettish
5.7

A little wet and not completely dry

exists as an alternative form with identical meaning

Antonyms

dry
791 1.0

Not wet or without any liquid

How Wet

drenched
1 3.9
wet
1 1.0
wettish
4.5
damp
11 1.0
dry
791 1.0

Surface Forms

wettish positive

Morphology

wettish = wet (transparent) = wet + ish

Formed from the adjective 'wet' plus the productive suffix '-ish' meaning 'somewhat', so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Wettish comes from the simple word wet, meaning 'not dry', plus the ending -ish, meaning 'somewhat' or 'like'. So wettish means 'a little wet' or slightly damp.