parchedly

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adverb

In a parched manner; with great thirst or dryness.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverbparchedly (comparative more parchedly, superlative most parchedly)

comparative more parchedly · superlative most parchedly

  1. In a parched manner; with great thirst or dryness.

    […] the distant sand dunes of Nubia glittering parchedly below.

    1958, Max Catto, Gold in the Sky, page 8
    2 more examples

    I shall find them at tea, thought I. I had hardly eaten anything since landing, but I felt no hunger; I was only anxious, feverishly, parchedly anxious to arrive.

    1840, The Metropolitan Magazine, volume 28, page 111

    In a single instant his mouth went parchedly dry. He found himself swaying urgently backwards on the narrow plank beneath his feet. And stopped himself. He must not show fright. He must act as if fear was an impossibility.

    1977, Lillian O'Donnell, Aftershock, page 128

Origin

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Chicago

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