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What is another word for soddenly?

Pronunciation: [sˈɒdənli] (IPA)

Soddenly is an adverb used to describe something that is heavily saturated with water or moisture. There are many synonyms for this word that can be used to give a more descriptive account of a situation. Some of these alternatives include drenched, soaking, saturated, waterlogged, and soaked through. All of these words paint a picture of a very wet or damp environment. Additionally, other so-called water-related words like soggy, drowned, and bathed can also be used to convey the idea of something being soddenly. When writing, it is important to choose the word that best captures the meaning you intend to communicate.
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What are the hypernyms for Soddenly?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

  • Other hypernyms:

    soggily, drenchedly, soakedly.

What are the opposite words for soddenly?

The word 'soddenly' refers to something that is saturated or soaked with liquid, making it unpleasantly heavy and wet. The opposite of this would be a word that describes a dry state or an absence of moisture. Some antonyms for 'soddenly' could be 'dryly', 'aridly', 'parched', 'dehydrated', 'desiccated', or 'drought-stricken'. These words all describe a state that is the opposite of sodden and evoke a feeling of dryness and thirst rather than wetness and heaviness. By using these antonyms, one can paint a clear picture of the absence of moisture in contrast to the overwhelming presence of it implied by 'soddenly'.

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Usage examples for Soddenly

While Peter climbed, the good earth giving soddenly under his feet, and grasses tangling in the clasps of his walking shoes, the sunlight conquered, the sky cleared, and the last of the storm drifted and spread and vanished in a bath of dazzling blue.
"Sisters"
Kathleen Norris
They had reached an opening in the forest, by the side of what was evidently a mountain of considerable height, and the doctor smiled as he recalled the fact that the Argus pheasant was reputed to haunt such places; when to his intense delight there soddenly rang out from the distance on the silent night air a peculiar cry that resembled the name given to the bird-Coo-ow.
"Middy and Ensign"
G. Manville Fenn
Dimly, soddenly, Martin followed the agent.
"O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921"
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