Synonyms for inky
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ing-kee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪŋ ki |
Définition of inky
Origin :- "as black as ink," 1590s, from ink (n.) + -y (2). Related: Inkily; inkiness.
- adj sooty
- Outside a sky of inky blackness overhung the white expanse of snow.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- All day, Betty Young had stared fascinatedly at the inky center.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
- All that time neither Heemskirk nor even his inky shadow had stirred in the least.
- Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- A broad path of silver glinted on the inky waters of the river.
- Extract from : « Nicanor - Teller of Tales » by C. Bryson Taylor
- When first he moved it, it drove him headlong into inky darkness.
- Extract from : « "Wee Tim'rous Beasties" » by Douglas English
- Even as he looked at it, the torch went out, shutting him into inky blackness.
- Extract from : « The Dark Door » by Alan Edward Nourse
- For a moment he halted there, trying to peer into the inky darkness.
- Extract from : « Pocket Island » by Charles Clark Munn
- The moon had gone behind a cloud, and the darkness was inky.
- Extract from : « Canada: the Empire of the North » by Agnes C. Laut
- She snatched up the "Echo" just in time to save it from an inky bath.
- Extract from : « Cricket at the Seashore » by Elizabeth Westyn Timlow
- Fortner stepped into the inky shadow of a large rock, against which he leaned.
- Extract from : « The Red Acorn » by John McElroy
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