adjective (thirstier, thirstiest)
1 needing or wanting to drink:
We were hungry and thirsty. * Digging is thirsty work (= makes you thirsty).
2 ~ for sth having a strong desire for sth:
He is thirsty for power.
3 (of plants, fields, etc.) dry; in need of water
thirstily adverb:
Paul drank thirstily.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for thirsty is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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