colly
colly · collier · colliest
Black as coalBlack as coal.
UK/ˈkɒli/US/ˈkɑli/
Meaning
1 senses(UK, dialectal)Black as coal.
Origin
From Middle English coly, from Old English *coliġ, from Proto-West Germanic *kolig, equivaFrom Middle English coly, from Old English *coliġ, from Proto-West Germanic *kolig, equivalent to coal + -y. Doublet of coaly.
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Forms
collier, colliestWord family
1 related wordsDerivedcolliness
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.