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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : stee-mee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsti mi |
Definition of steamy
Origin :- 1640s, from steam + -y (2); in the sense of "erotic, sexy," it is first recorded 1952. Related: Steamily; steaminess.
- adj giving off vapors
- adj misty
- adj erotic
- There was still enough light in the steamy cabin to discern objects.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- A formless cloud of gray fog blew into the warm, steamy room.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- The baby should remain in this steamy atmosphere ten minutes at a time.
- Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
- The atmosphere was as steamy, as dense and as aromatic as before.
- Extract from : « Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches » by Maurice Baring
- I wonder that you have kept your health as well as you have, in this steamy climate.
- Extract from : « On the Irrawaddy » by G. A. Henty
- Perhaps it was seeing all this through the steamy, misty rain.
- Extract from : « Sail Ho! » by George Manville Fenn
- Even the West-end was hot and steamy on that broiling August day.
- Extract from : « Littlebourne Lock » by F. Bayford Harrison
- In a steamy, ice-rimmed volcano's throat on a desolate top of the world!
- Extract from : « Your National Parks » by Enos A. Mills
- It is as hot as fire here, and the park has that steamy smell that a hothouse has.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Rachael » by Kathleen Norris
- The air was steamy and hot, and I was surrounded by something which chained every part.
- Extract from : « Bill Biddon, Trapper » by Edward S. Ellis
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