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3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Smoky \Smok"y\, a. [Compar. {Smokier}; superl. {Smokiest}.]
1. Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an
offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.
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2. Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog.
"Unlustrous as the smoky light." --Shak.
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3. Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke;
thick; as, a smoky atmosphere.
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4. Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or
fireplace; as, a smoky house.
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5. Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky
rafters; smoky cells.
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6. Suspicious; open to suspicion. [Obs.] --Foote.
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{Smoky quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz crystal of a pale
to dark smoky-brown color. See {Quartz}.
[1913 Webster] Smolder
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
smoky
adj 1: marked by or emitting or filled with smoke; "smoky rafters";
"smoky chimneys"; "a smoky fireplace"; "a smoky
corridor" [ant: {smokeless}]
2: tasting of smoke; "smoky sausages"
[also: {smokiest}, {smokier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
124 Moby Thesaurus words for "smoky":
Quaker-colored, acier, aerial, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, airy,
ashen, ashy, besmirched, blackened, blotchy, canescent, cinereous,
cinerous, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, darkened,
dingy, dirty, discolored, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, dreary,
dull, dusty, ethereal, foxed, foxy, fuliginous, fuming, fumy,
gaseous, gasified, gasiform, gaslike, gassy, glaucescent, glaucous,
gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab, gray-green,
gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish, grimy,
griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, grubby, grungy, inky,
iron-gray, lead-gray, leaden, livid, mephitic, messy, miasmal,
miasmatic, miasmic, miry, mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, muddy,
murky, oxyacetylene, oxygenous, ozonic, pearl, pearl-gray, pearly,
pneumatic, reeking, reeky, sad, scruffy, silver, silver-gray,
silvered, silvery, slate-colored, slaty, slovenly, smirched,
smirchy, smoke-gray, smoking, smudgy, smutchy, smutty, snuffy,
sober, soiled, somber, sooty, stained, steaming, steamy,
steel-gray, steely, stigmatic, stigmatiferous, stigmatized,
stone-colored, tainted, tarnished, taupe, untidy, vaporing,
vaporish, vaporlike, vaporous, vapory
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