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smoky

[ smoh-kee ]

adjective

, smok·i·er, smok·i·est.
  1. emitting smoke, especially in large amounts.
  2. hazy; darkened or begrimed with smoke.
  3. having the character or appearance of smoke:

    smoky colors.

  4. pertaining to or suggestive of smoke:

    a smoky haze.

  5. of a dull or brownish gray; cloudy.


smoky

/ ˈsməʊkɪ /

adjective

  1. emitting, containing, or resembling smoke
  2. emitting smoke excessively or in the wrong place

    a smoky fireplace

  3. of or tinged with the colour smoke

    a smoky cat

  4. having the flavour of having been cured by smoking
  5. made dark, dirty, or hazy by smoke
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsmokiness, noun
  • ˈsmokily, adverb
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Other Words From

  • smok·i·ly adverb
  • smok·i·ness noun
  • un·smok·i·ly adverb
  • un·smok·i·ness noun
  • un·smok·y adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of smoky1

A Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; smoke, -y 1
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Example Sentences

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Thermal goggles detect heat energy, letting you see the shapes of images, even in situations where there truly is no light—like in a smoky building.

Complaints about air pollution date back at least to ancient Rome, when the smoky cloud hanging over the city was called “infamous air” and “heavy heaven.”

It’s also targeting an area where numerous wildfires have flared up and a smoky haze fills the skies.

If you want a slightly smokier flavor, skip the aluminum foil and add a few more layers of banana leaf.

On 1902, a shoeless boy from the Great Smoky Mountains stood before the dean at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Toking up was implied by smoky backgrounds and non sequiturial banter.

They also ran the second-most important ad of the season, painting Quinn as a creature of a smoky backroom.

We see Lauren, covered in sweat, dancing nervously in the middle of a smoky, caliginous, gay S&M club.

Thousands of people wrapped in flags marched in the frosty, smoky air.

It'll be a sure enough smoky one, too, with this mixture uh dry grass an' the new growth springin' up.

Four miles to the north of Smoky Cape is an inlet having a bar harbour, on which there is but eight feet water.

Another singer has just finished his turn, and comes out of the smoky hall, wiping the perspiration from his short, fat neck.

One side of the settle faced toward one smoky old fireplace, the other toward the second.

It hung on a crane in the west fireplace, and was delightfully black, and often made the tea taste smoky, like camp tea.

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