soily

English

From soil +‎ -y.

soily (comparative soilier, superlative soiliest)

Covered in soil; earthy.
- 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage, published 2015, page 9:
  A woman with a well-to-do south voice told me to wash my soily hands before touching her messages.
Resembling or characteristic of soil.
Dirty; soiled.
- 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCXXXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
  Methinks, miss, said Sally, you are a little soily, to what we have seen you.
(obsolete) Apt to stain.

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