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skyly

skyly adjective: of, resembling, or relating to the sky; celestial.

Adjective

skyly (comparative more skyly, superlative most skyly)

  1. (rare) Of, resembling, or relating to the sky; celestial
    • O sweet Queen-city of the golden South
      Piercing the evening with thy star-like spires,
      Thou wert a witness when I kissed the mouth
      Of her whose eyes outblazed the skyly fires.1988, Charles Wilson, Australia, 1788-1988: The Creation of a Nation, page 114
    • It is not to claim that biology fixes human existence, but rather to claim that "the way of life articulates itself has as much to do with the response of other nonhuman beings, with the currents of the earthly and skyly environment, and with temporal contingencies, as it does with our subjectivist...1998, Sheldon D. Rose, Group Therapy with Troubled Youth
    Synonyms:
    heavenly

Synonyms of skyly

Forms of skyly

comparativemore skyly
superlativemost skyly

Origin of skyly

From sky + -ly.

Questions about skyly

What does skyly mean?
Skyly means of, resembling, or relating to the sky; celestial.
What part of speech is skyly?
Skyly is an adjective.

Words near skyly in the dictionary

  1. skylit
  2. skyllamycin
  3. skyllamycins
  4. skylore
  5. skylores
  6. skyly
  7. skymaiden
  8. skymaidens
  9. skyman
  10. skymap
  11. skymapping

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