There were many marks of footsteps upon the wet clayey soil; but since the police had been coming and going over it, I was unable to see how my companion could hope to learn anything from it.
Source: tatoeba (6303817)
Clayey
//ˈkleɪ(j)i//
Synonyms for "clayey" (17 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 18 languages.
Aromanian
1 entries- lutos adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Catalan
1 entries- gredós adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Finnish
3 entries- savinen adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
- saviperäinen adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
- savipitoinen adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
French
2 entries- argileux adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
- glaiseux adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Galician
2 entries- arxiloso adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
- barrento adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Georgian
1 entries- თიხოვანი adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
German
2 entries- lehmig adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
- tonig adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Ingrian
1 entries- savekas adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Italian
2 entries- argilloso adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
- cretoso adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Latin
1 entries- argillāceus adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Middle English
1 entries- cleyy adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Old Armenian
1 entries- կաւեղէն adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Polish
1 entries- gliniasty adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Portuguese
1 entries- argiloso adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Romanian
1 entries- argilos adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Russian
1 entries- гли́нистый adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- glinòvit adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
- glȉnast adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
- гли̏наст adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
- глино̀вит adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Spanish
2 entries- arcilloso adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
- gredoso adj (composed of clay or containing (much) clay)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I managed to dig up a complete fulgurite section almost 14 cm in length from the clayey soil of my garden after it was struck by lighting during yesterday afternoon's thunderstorm.
Source: tatoeba (10612067)
The shores of the rivers and creeks are chiefly planted with coffee, to the distance of about 30 miles from the sea; thence 30 miles farther up, the soil becomes clayey and more fit for sugar[-]canes.
Source: wiktionary
She had walked over rotted, decaying, splintered planks covered with clayey soil: […]
Source: wiktionary
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