Question 1 · Quick check
smoky
CEFRB1
/ˈsmoʊki/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Filled with or smelling of smoke.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailGiving off smoke.
Examples
Let this smoky air out of the room and let some fresh air in.
The atmosphere in the room was hot and smoky.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsFilled with smoke.
Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke.
Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.
More examples
In context1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Peter Bell the Third,” Part 3, in The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, London: Edward Moxon, 1839, p. 240, Hell is a city much like London— A populous and a smoky city;
a smoky cabin
1894, George Santayana, Sonnet, in Sonnets and Other Verses, Cambridge, MA: Stone and Kimball, p. 5, Our knowledge is a torch of smoky pine That lights the pathway but one step ahead Across a void of mystery and dread.
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English smoky, smokie, equivalent to smoke + -y.