dankly
- a word derived from dank.
Example Sentences
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Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie give superb performances as the parents of a dead child who encounter, in Venice’s dankly crumbling splendour, terrifying signs of her existence beyond the grave.
From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2018
Then, in a dankly contemplative mood in his overnight cell, Ginger finally grows up: "A man's life was nobody's fault but his own."
From Time Magazine Archive
Dark hair curled dankly almost to his shoulders, and he smiled slyly out of a dirty white face.
From Time Magazine Archive
The shirt, clammy from three days' accumulated sweat, clung dankly to him.
From Time Magazine Archive
My candle, guttering wildly in the unaccustomed breeze blowing dankly through the chamber, was the sole illuminant.
From The Man with the Clubfoot by Williams, Valentine
