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Webster 1913 Edition
Inky
Ink′y
,Adj.
Consisting of, or resembling, ink; soiled with ink; black.
“Inky blots.” Shak.
“Its inky blackness.” Boyle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Inky
INK'Y
,Adj.
1.
Tarnished or blackened with ink.Definition 2024
inky
inky
English
Adjective
inky (comparative inkier, superlative inkiest)
- of the colour of ink, especially black ink; dark.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- Tenderly she bore him back through the inky jungle to where the tribe lay, and for many days and nights she sat guard beside him, bringing him food and water, and brushing the flies and other insects from his cruel wounds.
- 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 6
- spattered or stained with ink