as in muddy
full of or covered with soft wet earth
miry fields that required a good pair of boots
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muddy
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Not even foundations are visible, and a long gravel road toward that part of the island leads past occasional farms and vast swaths of emptiness and then, finally, to a muddy riverbank thick with mosquitos.
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After all that digging and splashing, a muddy dog still has to come back inside.
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“Miry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miry. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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