swampier; swampiest
swampiness
noun
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The hike up to the cross is difficult and swampy, with Tompkins and her team stepping between tufts of grass, while the glassy water along the shoreline laps quietly at the stony beach below.
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John Bartlett, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
The train zips through verdant farmland and swampy rice paddies and into the darkness of mountain tunnels.
—Christine Chung, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Even the Paris Agreement, ostensibly a plan to limit climate change to an acceptable level, is swampy.
—Wal Van Lierop, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
More like overt, unapologetic swampy displays at Mar-a-Lago.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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John Bartlett, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
The train zips through verdant farmland and swampy rice paddies and into the darkness of mountain tunnels.
—Christine Chung, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Even the Paris Agreement, ostensibly a plan to limit climate change to an acceptable level, is swampy.
—Wal Van Lierop, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
More like overt, unapologetic swampy displays at Mar-a-Lago.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Swampy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swampy. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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swampy
adjective
ˈswäm-pē 
ˈswȯm-
swampier; swampiest
: consisting of, relating to, or resembling swamp
swampiness
noun
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