Cloudly
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to a cloud or clouds; cloudlike; cloudy; nebulous. nonstandard
"Here the redoubtable Ramm contracted his brow, clasped up his mouth, till it wrinkled at each corner, and redoubled his smoking with such vehemence, that the cloudly volumes soon wreathed round his head, as the smoke envelopes the awful summit of Mount Etna."
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More examples"Here the redoubtable Ramm contracted his brow, clasped up his mouth, till it wrinkled at each corner, and redoubled his smoking with such vehemence, that the cloudly volumes soon wreathed round his head, as the smoke envelopes the awful summit of Mount Etna."
Etymology
From cloud + -ly. Compare cloudlike.