Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Moisture; moistness; moderate humidity: as, the dampness of a fog, of the ground, or of a cloth.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a slight wetness
Examples
“Luckily, we have a fancy bathroom that includes a drying feature, but my main concern about dampness is a stickiness on the veneer flooring.”
“Under his palm he could still feel a slight dampness from the sap; it was oozing out little by little, like the blood of a man slowly bleeding to death .”
“Across his chest he laid his Mauser rifle, lingering affectionately for a moment to wipe the dampness from the barrel.”
“Mauser rifle, lingering affectionately for a moment to wipe the dampness from the barrel.”
“The atmosphere threw off that chilly dampness which is felt after the passage of a great meteor.”
“Well, from that he started in, an 'he didn't stop tell he had expounded about every kind of dampness that ever descended from heaven or rose from the earth.”
“A wash-house kind of dampness, a stale smell of moist clay, rose from the floor.”
“It makes a mighty difference, the whole area being cooled; and the area perhaps not being in all respects, such as dampness, etc., etc., fitted for such temperate plants as could get in.”
“I've received calls again today from residents who are both home owners and tenants in Ballinacurra Weston, and who now have to cope with another boarded up house in their area, which, apart from adding to the extremely poor appearance of the estate, will now create problems, such as dampness for those living on either side.”
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bilby C'mon, this doesn't cut it. Go moist! Oct 21, 2008
yarb Citation on sunshiny. May 20, 2008