Definition of Smokily

1. adv. In a smoky manner.

Definition of Smokily

1. Adverb. In a smoky manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Smokily

1. smoky [adv] - See also: smoky

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smokily

smokes
smokes pole
smokescreen
smokescreens
smokeshop
smokeshops
smokestack
smokestack industry
smokestacks
smokey
smokey quartz
smokie
smokier
smokies
smokiest
smokily (current term)
smokiness
smokinesses
smoking-gun
smoking car
smoking carriage
smoking cessation
smoking compartment
smoking dope
smoking gun
smoking guns
smoking jacket
smoking jackets

Literary usage of Smokily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"SMOKER, (smo'-ker) ns One that drives or perfumes by smoke ; one that uses tobacco. smokily, (smo'-ke-le) ad. So as to be full of smoke. SMOKY, (smo'-ke) a. ..."

2. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"The lamp was burning smokily; she could tell by the copper colour of the light. She tapped at the window more and more noisily. Almost it seemed as if the ..."

3. Sons and Lovers by David Herbert Lawrence (1922)
"The lamp was burning smokily; she could tell by the copper colour of the light. She tapped at the window more and more noisily. Almost it seemed as if the ..."

4. The English Journal by National Council of Teachers of English (1919)
"... with the smell of the breakfast bacon, "smokily suggestive of camp- fires"; of the velvety taste of "bread-in-a-saucer-with-sugar-and-rich-cream- on"; ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"The darkness here was made visible by an oil lamp,— in shape resembling a tin coffee-pot with a wick in the spout,— which burned black and smokily. ..."

6. Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England: From by John Campbell Campbell (1857)
"... worthy fellows, who had a who burned it to him most profusely, how- ' vast respect for him, could tell or listen to a ever coarsely and smokily, ..."

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