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[ smoh-kee ] / ˈsmoʊ ki / SEE SYNONYMS FOR smoky ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, smok·i·er, smok·i·est.emitting smoke, especially in large amounts. hazy; darkened or begrimed with smoke. having the character or appearance of smoke: smoky colors. pertaining to or suggestive of smoke: a smoky haze. of a dull or brownish gray; cloudy. Origin of smokyA Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at smoke, -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM smokysmok·i·ly, adverbsmok·i·ness, nounun·smok·i·ly, adverbun·smok·i·ness, noun un·smok·y, adjective Words nearby smokysmoking jacket, smoking lamp, smoking room, smoking stand, smoko, smoky, smoky eye, Smoky Hill, Smoky Mountains, smoky quartz, Smoky River Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for smokyToking up was implied by smoky backgrounds and non sequiturial banter. ‘Silicon Valley’ and the Return of Stoner Television|Rich Goldstein|April 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST They also ran the second-most important ad of the season, painting Quinn as a creature of a smoky backroom. De Blasio Whipped by Horse Lobby|Josh Robin|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Thousands of people wrapped in flags marched in the frosty, smoky air. Inside the Kiev Crackdown|Anna Nemtsova|December 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST The police threw the rocks back and fired tear gas in smoky arcs over the wall. Return to Military Rule Sits Uneasily with Egyptians|Mike Giglio|January 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It uses Aleppo pepper, a smoky, moderately spicy pepper from Turkey. Your Friday Gadget Chef Recipe: Two Day Soup|Megan McArdle|November 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST Upton, the refiner, has a smoky chimney, that sets him and all the neighbourhood by the ears. Friends and Neighbors|Anonymous And it seemed to symbolize Annie's life for her, in its cramped and pruned and smoky regularity. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories|Arnold Bennett Dinner degenerated into a smoky bite, and then at dusk there was a council of war. Afloat on the Ohio|Reuben Gold Thwaites The cuticle is smoky olive to fuliginous, darker when young, becoming paler as the pileus expands, but always darker on the umbo. Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.|George Francis Atkinson After begging pardon for disturbing us, they built a smoky fire, near the drying negatives. In Indian Mexico (1908)|Frederick Starr
British Dictionary definitions for smoky
adjective smokier or smokiestemitting, containing, or resembling smoke emitting smoke excessively or in the wrong placea smoky fireplace of or tinged with the colour smokea smoky cat having the flavour of having been cured by smoking made dark, dirty, or hazy by smoke Derived forms of smokysmokily, adverbsmokiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to smokydingy, thick, burning, smoldering, silvery, black, gray, grimy, messy, murky, vaporous, caliginous, begrimed, fumy, reeking |