cloudily

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cloud·y

(klou′dē)

adj. cloud·i·er, cloud·i·est

1. Full of or covered with clouds; overcast.

2. Of or like a cloud or clouds.

3. Marked with indistinct masses or streaks: cloudy marble.

4. Not transparent, as certain liquids.

a. Open to more than one interpretation.

b. Not clearly perceived or perceptible.

6. Troubled; gloomy: His future at the company is cloudy.

cloud′i·ly adv.

cloud′i·ness n.

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The blue eyes seemed more cloudily blue than usual, and the crisp, sandy hair hinted more than ever of the pale straw-gold that was not there.

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Coavinses' coffee-room is at the back, and the shadows of several gentlemen under a cloud loom cloudily upon the blinds.

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Being cloudily conscious of never having heard of the Zimmernes in his life, he could only remark, stolidly: