Parchingly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 So as to parch or dry out.
"Most statistical tables are parchingly dry in the reading; not so in the present case, however, where the reader is flooded with whole pipes, barrels, quarts, and gills of good gin and good cheer."
Example
More examples"Most statistical tables are parchingly dry in the reading; not so in the present case, however, where the reader is flooded with whole pipes, barrels, quarts, and gills of good gin and good cheer."
Etymology
From parching + -ly.
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