sloshy

[ slosh-ee ]

/ ˈslɒʃ i /

of or relating to slosh; slushy.

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salute

First recorded in 1790–1800; slosh + -y¹

slosh·i·ly, adverbslosh·i·ness, noun

Writing in London on a day in winter with a murky sky and sloshy streets, the title of Alpine Photography is verily refreshing.
The Barnet Book of Photography|Various
Then there was a thump and a sloshy stamping on the steps, and in comes Eben and the widder.
Cape Cod Stories|Joseph C. Lincoln
He pushed on over the sloshy road, his mare every step going slower and slower.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865|Various
Consequently the meal comprised merely a basin of sloshy boiling water in which floated some shreds of uncooked red cabbage.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons|Henry Charles Mahoney

It was still raining a mite and the ground was sloshy and squanchy under foot.
Year of the Big Thaw|Marion Zimmer Bradley