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soilier

soilier is the comparative form of soily.

Meaning of soily

Adjective

soily (comparative soilier, superlative soiliest)

  1. Covered in soil; earthy.
    • Bellmark put the soily tin down on Elsie's best table-cover without eliciting a word of reproach, grasped it firmly with his left hand, and worked the opener round the top.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
  2. Resembling or characteristic of soil.
  3. Dirty; soiled.
    • Methinks, Miſs, ſaid Sally, you are a little ſoily, to what we have ſeen you.1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCXXXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume VI, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC, page 151
  4. (obsolete) Apt to stain.

Questions about soilier

What is soilier the comparative form of?
Soilier is the comparative form of soily.

Words near soilier in the dictionary

  1. soiled doves
  2. soiler
  3. soilers
  4. soilflow
  5. soilflows
  6. soilier
  7. soiliest
  8. soiliness
  9. soiling
  10. soilings
  11. soilish

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