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# inky

«inky» in Mova's school dictionary: **stained or covered with ink** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (inky, inkier, inkiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Inky means stained or covered with ink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inky/#m1)

2) Inky means very dark, especially black or dark blue, like ink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inky/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school life, children may have inky fingers after using fountain pens. In stories, «inky darkness» or an «inky sky» paints a very dark night. Common phrases: «inky fingers», «inky black», «inky darkness», «inky sky», «inky water».

### examples

- My fingers were inky after writing with a fountain pen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inky/#x1)
- The sky was inky black with no stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inky/#x2)
- The octopus squirted an inky cloud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inky/#x3)
- We stepped into the inky darkness of the cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inky/#x4)
- The inky water of the lake looked very deep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inky/#x5)
- Her school shirt had an inky blot on the pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inky/#x6)
- The moonlight showed it all iron gray, except where some elephants stood upon it, and their shadows were inky black. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inky/#x7)

### note

Comparative: inkier, inkiest. Built from «ink» + «-y». In descriptive writing, «inky» is a strong word for darkness — a good example of imagery.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inky» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inky/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.