(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) The smoky density of the mackerel was nicely offset by the pointed black olive tapenade and the fresh, zingy flavours present in little tangles of tomato, shallot, red pepper and spring onion, a layer of pea shoots and red chard, and the generous dressing of grassy olive oil.
(2) The susceptibility of American cockroaches, Periplaneta americana (L.); smoky brown cockroaches, P. fuliginosa (Serville); oriental cockroaches, Blatta orientalis L.; German cockroaches, Blattella germanica (L.); and brownbanded cockroaches, Supella longipalpa (F.), to Steinernema carpocapsae Weiser (All strain) was evaluated under laboratory conditions.
(3) That famous smoky vocal , London-inflected and adorable; punchy Paul Epworth production; eye-watering sales.
(4) Hair of a "smoky-grey" tone, clearly unrelated to greying with age, and not represented on the Fischer-Saller scale, is reported and was found to be predominantly a feature of Orcadian males.
(5) The Xuan Wei residents who used smoky coal inhaled extremely high concentrations of mostly submicron-sized particles, which can be inhaled and deposited effectively deep in the lung.
(6) It is difficult to observe, without the option of yelling and swearing, how disingenuous this is, how slimy and mawkish for a government happy to live with the idea of people living in squalor, in fuel poverty, going hungry, suddenly to find itself unable to bear the idea of a child in a smoky car.
(7) The mounted head of a buffalo stared down at me beside the smoky, oak-panelled bar of the New Ambassador hotel.
(8) From a rich Indonesian rendang to a smoky Indian aubergine side dish, the ones I finally picked certainly didn't disappoint, but it was the unusual sweet and sour flavours of Angela Kim's Keralan vegetable sambar that really grabbed my attention – surely the perfect spicy, comforting Sunday supper.
(9) To evaluate indoor air contamination by cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb), we measured Cd and Pb contained in the mainstream and sidestream smoke exhaled by experimental smoking of Japanese cigarettes and also determined urinary and blood Cd and Pb levels in smokers and non-smokers and air Cd and Pb levels in smoky environments.
(10) Risks were twice as high among those who reported smoky outdoor environments, and increased in proportion to years of sleeping on beds heated by coal-burning stoves (kang), and to an overall index of indoor air pollution.
(11) Photograph: Karen Robinson for the Observer The girls worked in shifts (morning, afternoon, evening, midnight), in smoky, claustrophobic conditions.
(12) In addition, subjects' perceptions of annoyance and smokiness in the airplane cabin were also related to in-flight nicotine exposure and urinary excretion measures.
(13) A sharp-eyed blogger noticed that the picture showing volunteers apparently wrestling with a piece of timber in a smoky wood had been created in 2008 and altered in Photoshop last Saturday.
(14) If you get there for 10.30am, you can watch the artisans dive into the smoky chamber above an open fire and pull out rods hung with golden-smoked herrings, the so-called “Bornholmers”.
(15) Max Grinnell , contributor to The Rough Guide to the USA (roughguides.com, £16.99) Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina to Virginia Wandering for almost 500 miles along the Blue Ridge mountain chain from the Great Smoky Mountains national park in North Carolina to the Shenandoah national park in Virginia, this is a trip to take over several days.
(16) I thought, if I do become as successful as I hope then I would love to go back home and create something in that area, which is really one of the biggest tourist areas in the United States – the Great Smoky Mountains is the most visited national park in America .
(17) The smell is sharp and smoky, with a metallic tinge, and very, very strong.
(18) Great Smoky Mountains , North Carolina On the border between North Carolina and Tennessee, this is the most visited park in the country, attracting more than 10 million visitors in 2015.
(19) "The record business," Young sighed, in response to the invisible forces that caused him to be sitting in this smoky room on a perfectly nice day.
(20) "I was far less aware of it this time," Brydon says, part-way through his Arbroath smokie.