SOOTILY
Etymology
Adverb
sootily (comparative more sootily, superlative most sootily)
In a sooty manner.
Source: Wiktionary
SOOTY
Soot"y, a. [Compar Sootier; superl. Sootiest.] Etym: [AS. s. See Soot.]
1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. "Fire of sooty coal." Milton.
2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. "The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron." Milton. Sooty albatross (Zoƶl.), an albatross (Phoebetria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie.
– Sooty tern (Zoƶl.), a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas.
Soot"y, v. t.
Definition: To black or foul with soot. [R.] Sootied with noisome smoke. Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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