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marly (adjective), more marly, most marly
Relating to, consisting of, resembling, or having a large quantity of loose and crumbling earthy deposits: The marly fertilizers that the farmers were spreading in the fields consisted of sand, silt, or clay and a substantial amount of calcium carbonate.
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