skyey

American  

[skahy-ee] / ˈskaɪ i /

adjective

1. of or from the sky.

2. in the sky; lofty.

3. skylike; sky blue.

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Etymology

Origin of skyey

First recorded in 1595–1605; sky + -ey ¹

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Example Sentences

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skyey

You fling the golden light of imagination, like a light from heaven, round the object of your adoration; but, in return, the real woman is translated herself to the skyey region of imagination.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various

These eighteen or twenty skyey crests form the southern boundary of the so-called Boston Basin, and are the most prominent feature of the southern coast.

From The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth by Agnes Rothery

And pray in what part of the universe do you discover a "skyey bridge?"

From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by John William Burgon

A breath thou art, Servile to all the skyey influences.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett

Then, purple-sandaled, clad in silences Of sleep, through halls of skyey lazuli.

From Weeds by the Wall Verses by Madison Julius Cawein

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