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/ɑːd͡ʒɪlˈeɪʃəs/ · adjective
(chiefly geology) Pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay; clayey..
[…] natural colossi from two to five hundred feet high, done in argillaceous sandstone or a singular species of conglomerate, all of which owe their existence almost entirely to the agency of wind.
The gleam of the land is in its rocks, the fine-grained argillaceous rocks, here, not purple or grey, but green of living stone.
Use argillaceous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Argillaceous means (chiefly geology) Pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay; clayey..
Common synonyms include clayey.
Possible antonyms include arenaceous, sandlike, sandy.
[…] natural colossi from two to five hundred feet high, done in argillaceous sandstone or a singular species of conglomerate, all of which owe their existence almost entirely to the agency of wind.
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