cloudy
A1Meanings
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adj
full of or covered with clouds
cloudy skies
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adj
lacking definite form or limits
gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion- H.T.Moore
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adj
(of liquids) clouded as with sediment
a cloudy liquid
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adj
Not transparent or clear.
[…] aerogel resembles smoke that has been frozen into place — it's cloudy, translucent and virtually weightless.
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adj
Using or relating to cloud computing.
a cloudy infrastructure
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adj
Having cloudlike markings.
cloudy marble
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adj
Covered with or characterised by clouds.
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adj
Uncertain; unclear.
Etymology
From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y.
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