marshy

adjective/ˈmɑrʃi/

Frequency rank: #17,903 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

Resembling or characteristic of a marsh; soft, wet, and boggy.

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Example sentence

The hikers struggled to walk through the marshy ground near the river.

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