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ink·y

 (ĭng′kē)
adj. ink·i·er, ink·i·est
1. Having the color of India ink; black or very dark: the inky night sky.
2. Colored or stained with ink: inky fingertips.
ink′i·ness n.
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inky

(ˈɪŋkɪ)
adj, inkier or inkiest
1. resembling ink, esp in colour; dark or black
2. of, containing, or stained with ink: inky fingers.
ˈinkiness n
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.inky - of the color of black ink
ink-black, inky-black
achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"
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inky

adjective
1. black, dark, jet, murky, raven, ebony, sable, dusky, pitch-black, stygian, coal-black the inky black of night see shades from black to white
2. ink-stained, stained, ink-covered inky fingers and occasional blots
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inky

adjective
Of the darkest achromatic visual value:
black, ebon, ebony, jet, jetty, onyx, pitch-black, pitchy, sable, sooty.
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Translations
أسْوَد كالحِبْرمُلَطَّخ بالحِبْر
inkoustovýpotřísněný inkoustem
bælgmørkttilsværtet
tintafeketetintás
blek-blekugur
atramentovýzamazaný od atramentu
kapkaramürekkepli

inky

[ˈɪŋkɪ] ADJ (lit) [page, fingers] → manchado de tinta (fig) [darkness] → profundo
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inky

[ˈɪŋki] adj → taché(e) d'encre
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

inky

adj (+er)
(lit) → tintenbeschmiert, voller Tinte; inky fingers → Tintenfinger pl; inky newspaper → von Druckerschwärze strotzende Zeitung; inky smell → Geruch m → von Druckerschwärze
(fig) darkness, night → tintenschwarz; blue, black → tintig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

inky

[ˈɪŋkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → macchiato/a or sporco/a d'inchiostro (fig) (darkness) → nero/a come l'inchiostro
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

ink

(iŋk) noun
a black or coloured liquid used in writing, printing etc. Please sign your name in ink rather than pencil; I spilt red ink all over my dress.
ˈinky adjective
1. covered with ink. inky fingers; Don't touch that wall – your hands are inky.
2. like ink; black or very dark. inky blackness.
ˈinkpot, ˈinkwell nouns
a small pot for ink.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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