coaly
English
Etymology
coal + -y
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊli
Adjective
coaly (comparative coalier, superlative coaliest)
- Resembling coal.
- Covered in, or containing, coal.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 251:
- Nearer, I distinguished the green slime of ditches mixing with the pale drab of dried clay and shiny coaly patches.
-