cloudly
English
Etymology
From cloud + -ly.
Adjective
cloudly (comparative cloudlier or more cloudly, superlative cloudliest or most cloudly)
- Of or pertaining to a cloud or clouds; cloudlike; cloudy; nebulous.
- 1986, Comparative biochemistry and physiology:
- In acidified acetone, the above mentioned skeletons yielded yellow or orange organic solutions which float above a colourless cloudly aqueous solution.
- 1987, American Society for Microbiology, Applied and environmental microbiology:
- When the Shyr mutant was grown on this cloudly medium, there was a clear zone surrounding the colonies.
- 1994, Walter A. Flood, Walter Blaine Miller, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Atmospheric propagation and remote sensing III:
- For a cloudly atmosphere (curves 2-6) with the growth of the optical thickness T of a cloudly layer the decrease of the contribution of the photons with the small lengthes of the run are observed in the receiving streams, [...]
- 1986, Comparative biochemistry and physiology:
Synonyms
- cloudish