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soiliest

soiliest is the superlative 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 soiliest

What is soiliest the superlative form of?
Soiliest is the superlative form of soily.

Words near soiliest in the dictionary

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

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