dampish
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The weight of a dampish plot hangs on the young mother's efforts to get away from baby long enough for an occasional hour of fun in the evenings.
From Time Magazine Archive
He followed her through the narrow, dampish alley at the side of the house.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Why, true, sir, one man can't live in a dozen places all at once, but why not work round 'em in turn, beginning, say, at your imposing Venetian palazzo—canals, sir, gondoleers—picturesque though dampish?
From The Definite Object A Romance of New York by Jeffery Farnol
When I came to I was lying with my face in a dampish sort of hollow, and I suppose the afterdamp had lifted a bit, for I could raise my head.
From Sir George Tressady — Volume II by Mrs. Humphry Ward
At once she felt giddy, even the cold, dampish sheets on her bed seemed to smell of chipre.
From Tales of the Wilderness by Boris Pilniak
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