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parchedly

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English

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Etymology

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From parched +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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parchedly (comparative more parchedly, superlative most parchedly)

  1. In a parched manner; with great thirst or dryness.
    • 1840, The Metropolitan Magazine, volume 28, page 111:
      I shall find them at tea, thought I. I had hardly eaten anything since landing, but I felt no hunger; I was only anxious, feverishly, parchedly anxious to arrive.
    • 1958, Max Catto, Gold in the Sky, page 8:
      [] the distant sand dunes of Nubia glittering parchedly below.
    • 1977, Lillian O'Donnell, Aftershock, page 128:
      In a single instant his mouth went parchedly dry. He found himself swaying urgently backwards on the narrow plank beneath his feet. And stopped himself. He must not show fright. He must act as if fear was an impossibility.