"wetly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more wetly [comparative], most wetly [superlative]
Etymology: From wet + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wet|ly}} wet + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} wetly (comparative more wetly, superlative most wetly)
  1. In a wet manner.
    Sense id: en-wetly-en-adv-pUKxVJe8
  2. (UK, informal) Ineffectually, feebly, showing no strength of character. Tags: UK, informal
    Sense id: en-wetly-en-adv-26Cop9Jw Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 98
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