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dankly
adverb
uk /ˈdæŋk.li/ us /ˈdæŋk.li/
in an unpleasantly wet and cold way:
It was cold in his dankly curtained office.
The water smelled dankly of mud, which I hadn't noticed when I was swimming in it.
The shower curtain hung dankly, with large spots of mildew along its bottom edge.
The lilies, flowers that symbolized eternal life, were dankly rotting in a vase.
The mist spread dankly across the meadows.
The story takes place in the dankly crumbling splendour of Venice.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wet weather & wetness
clammily
clamminess
damp
damply
dampness
dankness
douse
moist
moisten
monsoon
rehydration
rewet
saturation
semi-dry
sleety
slobbery
soak
soaked
sodden
waterlogged
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