skyey

adj — 2 senses

skyey

adj

/skaɪi/

Etymology From sky + -ey.

1

Poetic Resembling the sky.

  • When twilight came I had vaguely wished some clouds would gather, for an odd timidity about the deep skyey voids above had crept into my soul.1927, H. P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space:
2

Informal Of or relating to the sky.

  • It is not enough to say that the twentieth century is the best age in the history of mankind, and to take refuge from the evils of the world in skyey dreams of good.1903, Helen Keller, Optimism, page 15:

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