Smoky
['sməʊkɪ] or ['smoki]
Definition
(adj.) marked by or emitting or filled with smoke; 'smoky rafters'; 'smoky chimneys'; 'a smoky fireplace'; 'a smoky corridor' .
(adj.) tasting of smoke; 'smoky sausages' .
Typed by Beryl--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.
(superl.) Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog.
(superl.) Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere.
(superl.) Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house.
(superl.) Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells.
(superl.) Suspicious; open to suspicion.
Typist: Martha
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Of the nature of smoke.[2]. Fumy, fuliginous.[3]. Filled with smoke.
Checker: Max
Examples
- So there was splendour and wealth, but no great happiness perchance, behind the tall caned portals of Gaunt House with its smoky coronets and ciphers. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He left the smoky, gossip-filled room and went into the back bedroom and sat down on the bed and pulled his boots off. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- They know nothing of sunrise or sunset, for they only see those marvels through a smoky veil. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- There doubtless was good cause for objection to the smoky, unpleasant smelling light then produced. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Why, I should not be ill--be dying--if he had not taken me away from Helstone, to this unhealthy, smoky, sunless place. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She is very proud of Milton; dirty, smoky place, as I feel it to be. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I wonder you did not go out of your mind in that smoky London, chipping away at marble and cutting it out. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Edited by Hamilton