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cloudy

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊ̯diː/ / [ˈkʰlaʊ̯dɪi̯] / [ˈklaʊ̯ɾiː]

adj

Etymology: From Middle English cloudy (“cloudy, overcast, gloomy, dark", also "hilly, rocky”), from Old English clūdiġ (“stony, rocky”), equivalent to cloud + -y.

  1. Covered with or characterised by clouds.
  2. Not transparent or clear.

    […] aerogel resembles smoke that has been frozen into place — it's cloudy, translucent and virtually weightless.

  3. Not transparent or clear.
  4. Uncertain; unclear.
  5. Using or relating to cloud computing.

    a cloudy infrastructure

  6. shady; sketchy; suspicious
  7. Having cloudlike markings.

    cloudy marble