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ˈmoistly, adv.
[f. moist a. + -ly2.]
In a moist manner (in quot. 1602, drunkenly).
16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. iv. iii. 1921 Swaggering full moistly on a tauernes bench. 1905H. G. Wells Kipps ii. iii. 197 The bull really came at them..opened a mouth below his moistly glistening nose, and booed. 1906B. von Hutten What became of Pam 78 March had moistly melted into April. 1927H. V. Morton In Search of England x. 180 Three of those prim, sallow, enthusiastic, middle-aged lovers of England..were..regarding moistly the bare rooms in which Brewster and the ‘Pilgrim Fathers’ were imprisoned. 1939L. M. Montgomery Anne of Ingleside vii. 50 Walter hated to be kissed moistly on the forehead. 1957R. A. Heinlein Door into Summer (1960) i. 14 He shook hands moistly, sat me down,..and attempted to take my bag. |