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Definition of Marbly
1. a. Containing, or resembling, marble.
Definition of Marbly
1. Adjective. Characteristic of marble ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marbly
1. mottled [adj -BLIER, -BLIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marbly
Literary usage of Marbly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Masters of Pulpit Discourse by William Cleaver Wilkinson (1905)
"... of "beginning") "crystallization of the dewdrops," "marbly" ("cold, stern,
marbly things"), ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"[< marble, + -i/l.] Resembling marble in structure or appearance. Great smooth
marbly limbs. Browning, The Bishop Orders his Tomb. ..."
3. Report of the State Geologist on the Mineral Industries and Geology of Vermont by Vermont State Geologist (1921)
"Sometimes interbedded quartzite may have been carried over on schist with limestone
or "marbly" rock intervening. Sometimes quartzite with overlying ..."
4. Report by Dr. M.C. Cooke, on the Gums, Resins, Oleo-resins, and Resinous by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1874)
"The second Sumatra sort is also marbly but not so white, and is also mostly taken
for ... The third Sumatra sort is browner, and less or not at all marbly. ..."
5. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, Philip Stanhope Worsley (1862)
"43 And how he heard, what none but he might tell, Strain of the Sirens o'er the
marbly mere, And reached the Wandering ..."
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