coaly
English
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edit- Rhymes: -əʊli
Adjective
editcoaly (comparative coalier, superlative coaliest)
- Resembling coal.
- Covered in, or containing, coal.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 251:
- Nearer, I distinguished the green slime of ditches mixing with the pale drab of dried clay and shiny coaly patches.