sweaty
adjective
covered, moist, or stained with sweat.
sweatily
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a word derived from
sweaty.
Example Sentences
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Platt strains credulity playing a shy, insecure and lonely teenager not so much because he looks too old, but rather that his trying to seem young is so sweatily effortful.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
I love the part about the 1975 video clip you found, in which a young, mustachioed Koons, not yet “performing his man-child consumerism,” as you write, sweatily interviews David Byrne.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2021
Many musical purists looked down on the genre, disdaining renditions of Bach on the synthesizer and performances by Luciano Pavarotti in which the Italian tenor sweatily belted out Neapolitan standards.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2020
Louisiana, which the New York-born Zeitlin now calls home, once again comes into focus in a rush of sweatily invigorating imagery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2020
Tina looks to me, hands still sweatily gripping the bars.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
