Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Emitting smoke in profuse volume.
- adjective Mixed or filled with smoke.
- adjective Resembling smoke.
- adjective Discolored or soiled with or as if with smoke.
- adjective Tasting of smoke.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Emitting smoke, especially much smoke; smoldering: as, smoky fires.
- Having the appearance or nature of smoke.
- Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling it; filled with a haze; hazy: as, a smoky atmosphere.
- Subject to be filled with smoke from the chimneys or fireplaces.
- Emitting smoke in an objectionable or troublesome way: said of chimneys, stoves, etc., sending out smoke, at fireplaces and pipe-holes, into the house, because of poor draft.
- Stained or tarnished with smoke.
- Quick to smoke an idea; keen to smell out a secret; suspicious.
- Of the color of smoke; of a grayish-brown color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid.
- adjective Having the appearance or nature of smoke.
- adjective Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick.
- adjective Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace.
- adjective Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke
- adjective obsolete Suspicious; open to suspicion.
- adjective (Min.) a variety of quartz crystal of a pale to dark smoky-brown color. See
Quartz .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Filled with
smoke . - adjective Of a
colour or colourpattern similar to that of smoke. - adjective Having
flavour like smoke. - adjective music, informal Having a dark, thick,
bass sound.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective tasting of smoke
- adjective marked by or emitting or filled with smoke
Etymologies
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Examples
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April can get smoky from the burning and is usually nice temperature March is nice too.
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April can get smoky from the burning and is usually nice temperature March is nice too.
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April can get smoky from the burning and is usually nice temperature March is nice too.
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April can get smoky from the burning and is usually nice temperature March is nice too.
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April can get smoky from the burning and is usually nice temperature March is nice too.
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April can get smoky from the burning and is usually nice temperature March is nice too.
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April can get smoky from the burning and is usually nice temperature March is nice too.
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April can get smoky from the burning and is usually nice temperature March is nice too.
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April can get smoky from the burning and is usually nice temperature March is nice too.
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April can get smoky from the burning and is usually nice temperature March is nice too.
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