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Definition of Sloughy
1. Adjective. (of soil) soft and watery. "Swampy bayous"
Exact synonyms: Boggy, Marshy, Miry, Mucky, Muddy, Quaggy, Sloppy, Soggy, Squashy, Swampy, Waterlogged
Similar to: Wet
Derivative terms: Bog, Marsh, Mire, Mud, Muddiness, Quag, Slop, Sloppiness, Slough, Sogginess, Swamp
Similar to: Wet
Derivative terms: Bog, Marsh, Mire, Mud, Muddiness, Quag, Slop, Sloppiness, Slough, Sogginess, Swamp
Definition of Sloughy
1. a. Full of sloughs, miry.
2. a. Resembling, or of the nature of, a slough, or the dead matter which separates from living flesh.
Definition of Sloughy
1. Adjective. Marshy; having the characteristics of a wetland. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sloughy
1. miry [adj SLOUGHIER, SLOUGHIEST] - See also: miry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sloughy
Literary usage of Sloughy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Medical Gazette (1840)
"Her breast was then greatly swollen, and presented a large open fungoid sore,
ulcerated and sloughy, ..."
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