soakingly Definition

soak
verb soaked, soaking

tr & intr
1. To stand or leave to stand in a liquid for some time.

Thesaurus: immerse, moisten, marinate, dip.
2. To make someone or something thoroughly wet; to drench or saturate.

Thesaurus: drench, drown, flood, saturate.
3. To penetrate or pass through

Example: The rain soaked through my coat
Example: The spilt milk quickly soaked in.
Form: soak in (also)
Form: soak through something
Form: soak through
4. colloq
To charge or tax heavily.
intr
5. colloq
To drink especially alcohol to excess.

noun

1. An act of soaking.
2. A drenching.
3. colloq
A long period of lying in a bath.
4. colloq
Someone who habitually drinks a lot of alcohol.
5. A marshy location.

Derivative: soakage
noun

Liquid that has percolated.

Derivative: soaker
noun

Derivative: soaking
noun

Derivative: soakingly
adverb

Idiom: soak up the sun

To sunbathe.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon socian.

Phrasal Verb: soak something up

To absorb it.
Example: Tissue soaks up the water quickly
Example: He just soaks up knowledge