Part 2025

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Cloudily</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a cloudy manner; darkly; obscurely.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Cloudiness</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being cloudy.</def>

<h1>Clouding</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Cloudland</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud"land`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Dreamland.</def>

<h1>Cloudless</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without a cloud; clear; bright.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>cloudless</b> winter sky. <i>Bankroft.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Cloud"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Cloud"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Cloudlet</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud"let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little cloud.</def>

<i>R. Browning.</i>

<blockquote>Eve's first star through fleecy <b>cloudlet</b> peeping. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cloudy</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud"y</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[Compar. <er>Cloudier</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>superl</tt>. <er>Cloudiest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <ets>Cloud</ets>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a <b>cloudy</b> sky.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Consisting of a cloud or clouds.</def>

<blockquote>As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the <b>cloudy</b> pillar descended. <i>Ex. xxxiii. 9</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful.</def> "A <i>cloudy </i>countenance."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.</def>

<blockquote><b>Cloudy</b> and confused notions of things. <i>Watts.</i></blockquote>