damp
adjective
slightly wet; moist.
dampish
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a word derived from
damp.
Example Sentences
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The weight of a dampish plot hangs on the young mother's efforts to get away from baby long enough for an occasional hour of fun in the evenings.
From Time Magazine Archive
He followed her through the narrow, dampish alley at the side of the house.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
The ground war dampish; for thar hed been a spell o' rain.
From Our Young Folks—Vol. I, No. II, February 1865 An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls by Various
Scrambling through hedges, constant walking over stony ways, beds on dampish soil--these things told upon his garments; they soon began to drop away from him in shreds.
From A Hero of Romance by Richard Marsh
"I'm afraid your beds are dampish; perhaps you had better go to your brother's room: I've left the ceiling on there."
From Types of Children's Literature by Walter Barnes
