wettingly

English

Etymology

From wetting +‎ -ly.

Adverb

wettingly (comparative more wettingly, superlative most wettingly)

1. (rare) In a wetting manner.
   • 1846, Andrew M^cEwen, “The Sorrow-stricken”, in Zayda, and Other Poems‎^[1], Belfast: […] Lamont, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 127:

     The mizzling rain falls wettingly, / Few linger in the street; […]

   • 1898 February 21, “New York All Adrip: Churchgoers Buffeted by a High Wind and Drenched by a Dreary Downpour. […]”, in The New York Times, volume XLVII, number 15,012, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, page 5, column 3:

     Rain, dreary and wet, fell persistently and wettingly all day yesterday as on Saturday, and the east wind played a doleful accompaniment to its pattering on roofs and window panes, and to the eternal drip, drip, dripping.

   • 1962 May 7, Frances Partridge, Hanging On: Diaries December 1960 – August 1963, London: Phoenix Giant, published 1998, →ISBN, page 108:

     Alas, it rained and rained quietly and wettingly all Saturday and Sunday, and I was cooped up with Clive, Duncan and Barbara in a very stuffy room.

Related terms

• bed-wettingly, bedwettingly
• pants-wettingly, pant-wettingly