What does "cloudly" mean?

Of or pertaining to a cloud or clouds; cloudlike; cloudy; nebulous.

What is a synonym for "cloudly"?

Common synonyms include: cloudish, cloudish, inenubilable, nebulous, turbid.

Cloudly

adj

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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."

Synonyms

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cloudish cloudish inenubilable nebulous turbid

Antonyms

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clear

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"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.

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