soily

soily

English

Etymology

From soil +‎ -y.

Adjective

soily (comparative soilier, superlative soiliest)

1. Covered in soil; earthy.
   • 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage 2015, p. 9:

     A woman with a well-to-do south voice told me to wash my soily hands before touching her messages.

2. Resembling or characteristic of soil.
3. Dirty; soiled.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCXXXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], OCLC 13631815:

     Methinks, miss, said Sally, you are a little soily, to what we have seen you.

4. (obsolete) Apt to stain.