Definition of "soily"

soily

adjective
comparative soilier, superlative soiliest
1. Covered in soil; earthy.
  Quotations
  A woman with a well-to-do south voice told me to wash my soily hands before touching her messages.
  1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage, published 2015, page 9
2. Resembling or characteristic of soil.
3. Dirty; soiled.
  Quotations
  Methinks, miss, said Sally, you are a little soily, to what we have seen you.
  1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCXXXIII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […]
4. (obsolete) Apt to stain.