Soily
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Soily is an adjective meaning Covered in soil; earthy.
Meaning
Covered in soil; earthy.
More Meanings
- Resembling or characteristic of soil.
- Dirty; soiled.
- (obsolete) Apt to stain.
Example Sentences
Methinks, Miſs, ſaid Sally, you are a little ſoily, to what we have ſeen you.
A woman with a well-to-do south voice told me to wash my soily hands before touching her messages.
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.
Word Forms
- soilier
- soiliest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stained, earthy, soilish, soilsome, soillike, muddy.
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