coaly

American  

[koh-lee] / ˈkoʊ li /

adjective

coalier, coaliest

1. of, resembling, or containing coal.

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Etymology

Origin of coaly

First recorded in 1555–65; coal + -y ¹

Example Sentences

She could smell coaly deposits on the surfaces, cordite, paraffin, like fireworks in the park on bonfire night, or northern streets in December.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2013

I'm told Broomielaw means 'beloved green place,' so it can't always have been the coaly hole it is now.

From The Setons by Douglas, O.

Nothing can be more certain, than that all the coaly or bituminous strata have had their origin from the substance of vegetable bodies that grew upon the land.

From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James

While others serve the seething brass, and o'er the herbage strown Set coaly morsels 'neath the spit, and roast the inner meat.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

I'm afloat, I'm afloat on the coaly black Tyne!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, September 27, 1890 by Various