What does soily mean?
Soily means Covered in soil; earthy..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Covered in soil; earthy..
Bellmark put the soily tin down on Elsie's best table-cover without eliciting a word of reproach, grasped it firmly with his left hand, and worked the opener round the top.
A woman with a well-to-do south voice told me to wash my soily hands before touching her messages.
Methinks, Miſs, ſaid Sally, you are a little ſoily, to what we have ſeen you.
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Soily means Covered in soil; earthy..
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Bellmark put the soily tin down on Elsie's best table-cover without eliciting a word of reproach, grasped it firmly with his left hand, and worked the opener round the top.
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