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parchedly

parchedly adverb: in a parched manner; with great thirst or dryness.

Adverb

parchedly (comparative more parchedly, superlative most parchedly)

  1. In a parched manner; with great thirst or dryness.
    • 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.1840, The Metropolitan Magazine, volume 28, page 111
    • […] the distant sand dunes of Nubia glittering parchedly below.1958, Max Catto, Gold in the Sky, page 8

Forms of parchedly

comparativemore parchedly
superlativemost parchedly

Origin of parchedly

From parched + -ly.

Questions about parchedly

What does parchedly mean?
Parchedly means in a parched manner; with great thirst or dryness.
What part of speech is parchedly?
Parchedly is an adverb.

Words near parchedly in the dictionary

  1. parcening
  2. parcens
  3. parch
  4. parched
  5. parched up
  6. parchedly
  7. parchedness
  8. parcher
  9. parcherries
  10. parcherry
  11. parchers

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