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sweaty

[swet-ee]

adjective

sweatier, sweatiest 
  1. covered, moist, or stained with sweat.

  2. causing sweat.

  3. laborious.



sweaty

/ ˈɛɪ /

adjective

  1. covered with sweat; sweating

  2. smelling of or like sweat

  3. causing sweat

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Other Word Forms

  • sweatily adverb
  • sweatiness noun
  • ˈɱ𲹳پԱ noun
  • ˈɱ𲹳پ adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweaty1

First recorded in 1325–75, sweaty is from the Middle English word swety. See sweat, -y 1
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So, almost inevitably, there were some sweaty palms and a few jitters.

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His brother, Al, would be in the car driving around with him between games while David traded in his sweaty uniform for a fresh one, repeating the process over and over.

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Devon's a disheveled, sweaty wreck storming the gates of the Kells’ orderly Elysium precisely when Michaela’s garden party is kicking off, the first of several she's planned for that weekend.

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The feelings of being sweaty, red-faced and kind of awkward is very familiar to me.

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There were days when the hot and sweaty place was shared by nuns and former felons.

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