Cloudly vs Nebulous - What's the difference?
cloudly | nebulous |
Of or pertaining to a cloud or clouds; cloudlike; cloudy; nebulous.
* 1986 , Comparative biochemistry and physiology:
* 1987 , American Society for Microbiology, Applied and environmental microbiology :
* 1994 , Walter A. Flood, Walter Blaine Miller, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Atmospheric propagation and remote sensing III :
In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
Vague or ill-defined.
* 1915 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
Relating to a nebula or nebulae.
As adjectives the difference between cloudly and nebulous
is that cloudly is of or pertaining to a cloud or clouds; cloudlike; cloudy; nebulous while nebulous is in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.cloudly
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- In acidified acetone, the above mentioned skeletons yielded yellow or orange organic solutions which float above a colourless cloudly aqueous solution.
- When the Shyr mutant was grown on this cloudly medium, there was a clear zone surrounding the colonies.
- For a cloudly atmosphere (curves 2-6) with the growth of the optical thickness T of a cloudly layer the decrease of the contribution of the photons with the small lengthes of the run are observed in the receiving streams, [...]
Synonyms
* (l)nebulous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The magistrate could not possibly, on the evidence, have held them for a higher court. On the one hand the compositors and pressmen were forced to admit that the light was uncertain, that they were themselves much perturbed, and that it was difficult for them to swear to the identity of the assailants; although they believed that the accused were among them. Cross examined by the clever attorney who had been engaged by McGinty, they were even more nebulous in their evidence.
