"wettingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more wettingly [comparative], most wettingly [superlative]
Etymology: From wetting + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wetting|ly}} wetting + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} wettingly (comparative more wettingly, superlative most wettingly)
  1. (rare) In a wetting manner. Tags: rare Related terms: bed-wettingly, bedwettingly, pants-wettingly, pant-wettingly
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