Untowelled

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not dried with a towel. not-comparable

    "A lint-and-gauze dressing stained with dark yellow antiseptic had replaced the previous day's helmet of bandages, and a fleck of shaving soap lay untowelled beneath one ear."

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"A lint-and-gauze dressing stained with dark yellow antiseptic had replaced the previous day's helmet of bandages, and a fleck of shaving soap lay untowelled beneath one ear."

Etymology

From un- + towelled.

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