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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Small panfish and bream float stunned and motionless in the five feet or so of zapped lake around the boat, but the target eels do not seem as susceptible in the marshy edges that are lined with brush.
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Wesley Bruer, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Many worried that the marshy western shore of the borough had been forever marred.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Which all makes sense, because no city of any significant size would have ever sprung up on the marshy banks of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Aug. 2025
The Everglades is a marshy habitat for endangered and threatened species like the Florida panther, the Florida bonneted bat, the Everglade snail kite and the wood stork, according to the suit.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
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Wesley Bruer, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Many worried that the marshy western shore of the borough had been forever marred.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
Which all makes sense, because no city of any significant size would have ever sprung up on the marshy banks of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Aug. 2025
The Everglades is a marshy habitat for endangered and threatened species like the Florida panther, the Florida bonneted bat, the Everglade snail kite and the wood stork, according to the suit.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Marshy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marshy. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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