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
Good Gentlemen; You seem to have a snuffing in your head Sir, A parlous snuffing, but this same dampish air— 2 A dampish air indeed.
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (1 of 10) - the Custom of the Country by Francis Beaumont
It succeeds well in rich, dampish loam, and as a shrub for standing alone in any conspicuous position it has, indeed, few equals.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster
The air was not foul, but it was close, and there was a dampish smell upon it, and it was charged with a fishy odour like that of decaying spawn and dead marine vegetation.
From The Honour of the Flag by W. Clark (William Clark) Russell
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