dankyadj.
/ˈdaŋki/ Somewhat dank, dampish.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective]
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective] > injuriously
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1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 436 Donkey, dampish; dank.
1820 Moir in Blackwood's Mag. 8 176 The sward is dim with moss and danky weeds.
1821 Moir in Blackwood's Mag. 9 271 The owl sends forth her whoop from danky vaults.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Donky, damp, moist, humid: ‘a donky day’.
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