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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The year was 1925 and Miami looked very different — fewer buildings, a lot more marshy wetland.
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Carolina Del Busto, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
Found in calm ponds and marshy streams across Europe and parts of Asia, this exception — the water spider or diving bell spider — is barely half an inch long.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Some of the planet’s largest golden dorado—nicknamed river tigers for their fight—push into the marshy maze of gin-clear channels, lagoons, and streams from October through April.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2025
That melting pot of a city lasted until the fifth century C.E., when the quality of Ostia Antica's harbor deteriorated with shifting sands and marshy overgrowth.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
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Carolina Del Busto, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
Found in calm ponds and marshy streams across Europe and parts of Asia, this exception — the water spider or diving bell spider — is barely half an inch long.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Some of the planet’s largest golden dorado—nicknamed river tigers for their fight—push into the marshy maze of gin-clear channels, lagoons, and streams from October through April.
—Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2025
That melting pot of a city lasted until the fifth century C.E., when the quality of Ostia Antica's harbor deteriorated with shifting sands and marshy overgrowth.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Marshy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marshy. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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