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smoaky

smoaky is the obsolete spelling of smoky.

Meaning of smoky

Adjective

smoky (comparative smokier, superlative smokiest)

  1. Filled with smoke.
    • a smoky cabin
    1. Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke.
      • a smoky bar
  2. Giving off smoke.
    • a smoky oil lamp
  3. Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.
    • The Piſmire kinde of Aetius hath a ſmoky body, an aſh-coloured neck, and the back as it were adorned with ſtars.1658, Tho. Mouffet [i.e., Thomas Muffet, et al.], “The Theater of Insects: Or, Lesser Living Creatures. […]. Chapter XII. Of Spiders That Are Hurtful, or Phalangia.”, in J[ohn] R[owland], transl....
  4. Having a flavour or odour like smoke; flavoured with smoke.
    • a smoky whisky
  5. Resembling or composed of smoke.
    • And let thy muſtie vapours march ſo thicke,
      That in their ſmoakie rankes, his ſmothred light
      May ſet at noone, and make perpetuall night.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, signature F3, verso
    Synonyms:
    fumid, fumous

See all 14 meanings of smoky

Forms of smoaky

comparativemore smoaky
superlativemost smoaky

Questions about smoaky

What is smoaky the obsolete spelling of?
Smoaky is the obsolete spelling of smoky.

Words near smoaky in the dictionary

  1. smoaked
  2. smoaketh
  3. smoakie
  4. smoaking
  5. smoaks
  6. smoaky
  7. smock
  8. smock frock
  9. smock frocks
  10. smock mill
  11. smock mills

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