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coaly

coaly adjective: resembling coal.

Adjective

coaly (comparative coalier, superlative coaliest)

  1. Resembling coal.
  2. Covered in, or containing, coal.
    • Nearer, I distinguished the green slime of ditches mixing with the pale drab of dried clay and shiny coaly patches.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 251

Forms of coaly

comparativecoalier
superlativecoaliest

Origin of coaly

From coal + -y. Compare colly.

Words formed from coaly

Words that rhyme with coaly

12 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about coaly

What does coaly mean?
Coaly means resembling coal.
What part of speech is coaly?
Coaly is an adjective.

Words near coaly in the dictionary

  1. coalwashing
  2. coalworker
  3. coalworker's pneumoconiosis
  4. coalworkers
  5. coalworks
  6. coaly
  7. coalyard
  8. coalyards
  9. coambassador
  10. coambassadors
  11. coaming

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