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wettingly

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Etymology

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From wetting +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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wettingly (comparative more wettingly, superlative most wettingly)

  1. (rare) In a wetting manner.
    • 1846, Andrew McEwen, “The Sorrow-stricken”, in Zayda, and Other Poems‎[1], Belfast: […] Lamont, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 127:
      The mizzling rain falls wettingly, / Few linger in the street; […]
    • 1898 February 21, “New York All Adrip: Churchgoers Buffeted by a High Wind and Drenched by a Dreary Downpour. […]”, in The New York Times, volume XLVII, number 15,012, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, page 5, column 3:
      Rain, dreary and wet, fell persistently and wettingly all day yesterday as on Saturday, and the east wind played a doleful accompaniment to its pattering on roofs and window panes, and to the eternal drip, drip, dripping.
    • 1962 May 7, Frances Partridge, Hanging On: Diaries December 1960 – August 1963, London: Phoenix Giant, published 1998, →ISBN, page 108:
      Alas, it rained and rained quietly and wettingly all Saturday and Sunday, and I was cooped up with Clive, Duncan and Barbara in a very stuffy room.
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