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miry

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mir·y  (mr)
adj. mir·i·er, mir·i·est
1. Full of or resembling mire; swampy.
2. Smeared with mire; muddy.
miri·ness n.
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Adj.1.miry - (of soil) soft and waterymiry - (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous"
boggy, marshy, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, soggy, swampy, waterlogged, squashy, sloppy
wet - covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather"
Translations
miry [ˈmaɪrɪ] ADJ → fangoso, lodoso
miry place → lodazal m
miry
adj → morastig, schlammig
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Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
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