Misty
['mɪstɪ] or ['mɪsti]
Definition
(superl.) Accompained with mist; characterized by the presence of mist; obscured by, or overspread with, mist; as, misty weather; misty mountains; a misty atmosphere.
(superl.) Obscured as if by mist; dim; obscure; clouded; as, misty sight.
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Examples
- It was dark outside and cold and misty. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I see you there a many times, as plain as ever I see you on them misty marshes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And yet, I was perverse enough to feel a chill and disappointment in receiving no welcome, and rattling, alone and silent, through the misty streets. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She inclined her head, and swept round so that her eyes rested in the misty vale beneath them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- A fog narrowed our horizon to about a quarter of a mile, and the misty veil, cold and dense, enveloped sky and sea in equal obscurity. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Possibly, it was a misty something raised by her own thoughts. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I feel in a misty and unsettled kind of state; as if I had got up very early in the morning a week or two ago, and had never been to bed since. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Good night--good afternoon, m'appen I should say--but th' light is dim an' misty to-day. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It was a misty, heavy evening. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He took the way over the misty moors in the direction of Whitcross--there he would meet the coach. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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