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

Example Sentences

“Julius Cæsar,” ii, 1, 231: “ Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men.” skyey influences.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob

Reason thus with life: If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep: a breath thou art, Servile to all the skyey influences.

From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge

The day was without a cloud, and the soft light was diffused everywhere on a skyey haze of whitish blue.

From Bulldog And Butterfly From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray by Murray, David Christie

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

A little will do; and so much you owe to skyey influences.

From Say and Seal, Volume I by Warner, Susan