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Definition of Smoky
1. Adjective. Marked by or emitting or filled with smoke. "A smoky corridor"
2. Adjective. Tasting of smoke. "Smoky sausages"
Definition of Smoky
1. a. Emitting smoke, esp. in large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.
Definition of Smoky
1. Adjective. Filled with smoke. ¹
2. Adjective. Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke. ¹
3. Adjective. Having flavour like smoke. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smoky
1. filled with smoke [adj SMOKIER, SMOKIEST] : SMOKILY [adv]
Medical Definition of Smoky
1.
1. Emitting smoke, especially. In large quantities or in an offensive manner; fumid; as, smoky fires.
2. Having the appearance or nature of smoke; as, a smoky fog. "Unlustrous as the smoky light."
3. Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere.
4. Subject to be filled with smoke from chimneys or fireplace; as, a smoky house.
5. Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells.
6. Suspicious; open to suspicion.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smoky
Literary usage of Smoky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"smoky Quartz.—At Taylorsville and Stony Point, North Carolina, a number of clear
pieces of this material have been found that ..."
2. Collected Papers in Physics and Engineering by James Thomson (1912)
"depressed, while the smoky turbulent mass flattens itself down while gently
gliding out sidewise from London. Some such action as that, I think, ..."
3. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1898)
"If the smoky Hill at one time flowed south into the Arkansas, then one of a number
of conditions must have obtained. First. The Saline could have received a ..."
4. The University Geological Survey of Kansas: Reports by Kansas Geological Survey (1897)
"smoky Hill River. The smoky Hill river is one of the principal ... The smoky Hill
rises in Colorado only a short distance beyond the western Kansas line. ..."
5. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1903)
"Secondaries dull, smoky gray, the fringes white at apex. ... Head barred and
mottled with white and smoky, ('ollar with a black, transverse line at lower ..."
6. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1897)
"smoky Hill River. The smoky Hill river is tme of the principal ... The smoky Hill
rises in Colorado only a short distance beyond the western Kansas line. ..."
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