Parchedly

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a parched manner; with great thirst or dryness.

    "I shall find them at tea, thought I. I had hardly eaten anything since landing, but I felt no hunger; I was only anxious, feverishly, parchedly anxious to arrive."

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"I shall find them at tea, thought I. I had hardly eaten anything since landing, but I felt no hunger; I was only anxious, feverishly, parchedly anxious to arrive."

Etymology

From parched + -ly.

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