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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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Adj.

inky - of the color of black ink

ink-black, inky-black

achromatic, neutral - having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"

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.

Translations

أسْوَد كالحِبْرمُلَطَّخ بالحِبْر

inkoustovýpotřísněný inkoustem

bælgmørkttilsværtet

noir d'encre taché d'encre

tintafeketetintás

blek-blekugur

coperto d'inchiostro nero come inchiostro

blekksvart tilsølt med blekk

atramentovýzamazaný od atramentu

kapkaramürekkepli

墨似的沾有墨水的漆黑的给墨水弄污的

inky

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

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inky

[ˈɪŋki] adj → taché(e) d'encre

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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

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inky

[ˈɪŋkɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → macchiato/a or sporco/a d'inchiostro (fig) (darkness) → nero/a come l'inchiostro

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.

References in classic literature ?

The top of one pinnacle took the shapely, clean-cut form of a rabbit's head, in the inkiest silhouette, while it rested against the moon.

View in context

Sleeping in the back of my truck we watched foxes play as the sun set, marvelled at the shooting stars against the inkiest of skies and then watched the sun rise over the still sleeping valleys.

GREEN SCENE

Think deep charcoal greys, mossy greens, the inkiest of blues, and if you are in a particularly adventurous mood, try black.