"soily" meaning in All languages combined

See soily on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /sɔɪ.li/, /sɔɪ.ə.li/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-soily.wav [Southern-England] Forms: soilier [comparative], soiliest [superlative]
Etymology: From soil + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|soil|y}} soil + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|soilier}} soily (comparative soilier, superlative soiliest)
  1. Covered in soil; earthy.
    Sense id: en-soily-en-adj-e8SROZod Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 45 11 30 14
  2. Resembling or characteristic of soil.
    Sense id: en-soily-en-adj-ijB-VFGN
  3. Dirty; soiled.
    Sense id: en-soily-en-adj-iGbqRz2Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 16 41 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 3 66 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 2 81 11
  4. (obsolete) Apt to stain. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-soily-en-adj-FE-FEjfu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: soiliness

Inflected forms

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        "(obsolete) Apt to stain."
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