Meaning & use
miry
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Full of or resembling mire; swampy, boggy, or muddy.
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The horses struggled through the miry field after days of heavy rain.
A miry path led weary travelers toward the old mill.
A note on using this word
"Miry" is a somewhat old-fashioned, literary word, appearing often in poetry and older translations of the Bible.
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dry
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