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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cloudy  \Cloud"y\,  a.  [Compar.  {Cloudier};  superl.  {Cloudiest}.] 
  [From  Cloud,  n.] 
  1.  Overcast  or  obscured  with  clouds;  clouded;  as  a  cloudy 
  sky. 
 
  2.  Consisting  of  a  cloud  or  clouds. 
 
  As  Moses  entered  into  the  tabernacle,  the  cloudy 
  pillar  descended.  --Ex.  xxxiii 
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  3.  Indicating  gloom,  anxiety,  sullenness,  or  ill-nature;  not 
  open  or  cheerful.  ``A  cloudy  countenance.''  --Shak. 
 
  4.  Confused;  indistinct;  obscure;  dark. 
 
  Cloudy  and  confused  notions  of  things  --Watts. 
 
  5.  Lacking  clearness,  brightness,  or  luster.  ``A  cloudy 
  diamond.''  --Boyle. 
 
  6.  Marked  with  veins  or  sports  of  dark  or  various  hues,  as 
  marble. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  cloudy 
  adj  1:  lacking  definite  form  or  limits;  "gropes  among  cloudy  issues 
  toward  a  feeble  conclusion"-  H.T.Moore;  "nebulous 
  distinction  between  pride  and  conceit"  [syn:  {nebulose}, 
  {nebulous}] 
  2:  (meteorology)  full  of  or  covered  with  clouds;  "cloudy  skies" 
  [ant:  {clear}] 
  3:  (of  especially  liquids)  clouded  as  with  sediment;  "a  cloudy 
  liquid";  "muddy  coffee";  "murky  waters"  [syn:  {muddy},  {mirky}, 
  {murky},  {turbid}]




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