moistly

1. 1.

   in a damp manner

   “a scarf was tied round her head but the rebellious curl had escaped and hung damply over her left eye”

   Synonymsdamply

Questions about moistly

What does moistly mean?

moistly means "in a damp manner".

How many syllables are in moistly?

moistly has 2 syllables and divides as moist-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for moistly?

Close synonyms include damply. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is moistly a common word?

moistly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.