"soily" meaning in English

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Adjective

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
  2. Resembling or characteristic of soil.
    Sense id: en-soily-en-adj-ijB-VFGN
  3. Dirty; soiled.
    Sense id: en-soily-en-adj-iGbqRz2Y
  4. (obsolete) Apt to stain. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-soily-en-adj-FE-FEjfu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 4 6 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 24 2 12 62

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for soily meaning in English (1.5kB)

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