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- adverb In a
squashy way.
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Examples
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All through the critical years many left-wingers were chipping away at English morale, trying to spread an outlook that was sometimes squashily pacifist, sometimes violently pro-Russian, but always anti-British.
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"We had no insanity; we had no freakouts," said Jason Weisenfeld, a spokesman for Versace, arguably the winning label of the night, having outfitted the Best Supporting Actress and general life's-lottery winner Catherine Zeta-Jones, plus Kate Hudson, Heather Graham, Anjelica Huston and (somewhat squashily) Jennifer Garner.
Mental Bloch 2003
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He rolled to one side, so that the corpse fell squashily on to the rock beside him; sprang to his feet, and heaved the corpse up on his back.
Conan the Wanderer Howard, Robert E. 1974
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The thing fell squashily to the floor within a foot of Jim, who had brushed against the wall to let the burden bearer pass without touching him.
The Raid on the Termites Paul Ernst
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All through the critical years many left-wingers were chipping away at English morale, trying to spread an outlook that was sometimes squashily pacifist, sometimes violently pro-Russian, but always anti-British.
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All through the critical years many left-wingers were chipping away at English morale, trying to spread an outlook that was sometimes squashily pacifist, sometimes violently pro-Russian, but always anti-British.
Collected Essays 1900
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a little way, and upon a level surface -- for I went clear of the box to which the tackle was made fast -- no harm came to me; but under my feet I felt the rotten wood going squashily, and then beneath it something firm and hard.
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