soakingly

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English

Etymology

From soaking +‎ -ly.

Adverb

soakingly (comparative more soakingly, superlative most soakingly)

  1. To the point of soaking; imparting extreme wetness.
    • 1910, Charles Turley, The Voyages of Captain Scott:
      The temperature at noon had risen to 33 deg., and everything was more soakingly wet than ever, if that was possible.
    • 1902, Harry Furniss, The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol 2 (of 2):
      There are people who even in this enlightened age vegetate upon the face of the earth and know not these things, and a very great many more who do not know that they ought to select a soakingly wet day to appreciate the Falls of Niagara at their highest value.