swampier; swampiest
swampiness
noun
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Popular with airboaters, froggers and fishermen, the swampy muck beneath the water may have acted as a pincushion, essentially swallowing the disabled DC-9 aircraft.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
The institute likes spring fire testing at its site about halfway between Charlotte, North Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina, because while summer temperatures in the South can nearly match those in the fire-prone West, the swampy humidity in July is a bad approximation to a mountain canyon.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Another gang member would dump Frank Griga's yellow Lamborghini on the side of the road, in the swampy Florida Everglades.
—Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Shires brought the song to its high point by trading bluesy, swampy fiddle solos and twin harmony with the backing band’s Noah Jeffries, unrehearsed.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2026
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
The institute likes spring fire testing at its site about halfway between Charlotte, North Carolina and Columbia, South Carolina, because while summer temperatures in the South can nearly match those in the fire-prone West, the swampy humidity in July is a bad approximation to a mountain canyon.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Another gang member would dump Frank Griga's yellow Lamborghini on the side of the road, in the swampy Florida Everglades.
—Troy Roberts, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
Shires brought the song to its high point by trading bluesy, swampy fiddle solos and twin harmony with the backing band’s Noah Jeffries, unrehearsed.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2026
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“Swampy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swampy. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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swampy
adjective
ˈswäm-pē 
ˈswȯm-
swampier; swampiest
: consisting of, relating to, or resembling swamp
swampiness
noun
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