Definition of "soily" []

• Dirty; soiled (adjective)

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• "It widely considered the president's attempt to save a sliver of his otherwise, rather soily international legacy."
• "I get a lot of the soily root, almost too much "soft soil" effect for me to stomach, like a stem that's been sitting in water too long."
• "I have always told you the consequence of attending to the minutiae, where art (or imposture, as the ill-mannered would call it) is designed — your linen rumpled and soily, when you wait upon her — easy terms these — just come to town — remember (as formerly) to loll, to throw out your legs, to stroke and grasp down your ruffles, as if of significance enough to be careless."