marshier; marshiest
1
: resembling or constituting a marsh
marshy ground
2
: relating to or occurring in marshes
marshy vegetation
marshiness
noun
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Southern states are home to dozens, even hundreds, of indigenous plants that have fed the people who call these rolling hills, expansive plains, and marshy bottoms home for centuries.
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Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2024
If not for the marshy spots glistening in multiple spots on the pitch, the U.S. might have scored sooner.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
Avoid swimming or wading in marshy areas where snails can be found.
—Daniel More, Verywell Health, 8 Mar. 2024
The area feels both mountainous and a little marshy.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
The fire started about 2:25 p.m. Sunday on the edge of a marshy wetland known as Talone Lake, near Frazee Road and Mission Avenue.
—David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
Brainard-Barnes was one of four escorts found buried in the same marshy, desolate area in Gilgo Beach in Long Island, N.Y., in December 2010, all within about 500 feet of each other.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
While digging trenches on marshy ground near Timber Creek this past August, Cooper and Dial found water as deep as 1.5 meters under the once frozen soil, as well as dirt the gray color of reduced iron.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
In the 16th century, when Europeans began to colonize North America’s coast, this marshy interior became a haven for outcasts.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2023
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2024
If not for the marshy spots glistening in multiple spots on the pitch, the U.S. might have scored sooner.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
Avoid swimming or wading in marshy areas where snails can be found.
—Daniel More, Verywell Health, 8 Mar. 2024
The area feels both mountainous and a little marshy.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
The fire started about 2:25 p.m. Sunday on the edge of a marshy wetland known as Talone Lake, near Frazee Road and Mission Avenue.
—David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2023
Brainard-Barnes was one of four escorts found buried in the same marshy, desolate area in Gilgo Beach in Long Island, N.Y., in December 2010, all within about 500 feet of each other.
—Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024
While digging trenches on marshy ground near Timber Creek this past August, Cooper and Dial found water as deep as 1.5 meters under the once frozen soil, as well as dirt the gray color of reduced iron.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
In the 16th century, when Europeans began to colonize North America’s coast, this marshy interior became a haven for outcasts.
—Danielle Amir Jackson, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of marshy was
in the 14th century
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