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Having spots or stains; Dirty.

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Usage examples (9)
  • I get a lot of the soily root, almost too much "soft soil" effect for me to stomach, like a stem that's been sitting in water too long.
  • Methinks, Miss, said Sally, you are a little soily, to what we have seen you.
  • It widely considered the president's attempt to save a sliver of his otherwise, rather soily international legacy.
  • Stripey, soily, doesn’t matter to the poet on the inside … hey, you are wonderful and a true wonder too.
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