Antonyms for smokiness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : smoh-kee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsmoʊ ki


Definition of smokiness

Origin :
  • early 14c., "emitting smoke," from smoke (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "filled with smoke" and meaning "resembling smoke" are from late 14c. Of flavors, from 1540s; of colors, from 1550s. Related: Smokiness.
  • As in darkness : noun place, time that is unlit
  • As in haze : noun cloudy air
Example sentences :
  • He resented the smokiness, but hated to wallop him; there was so little to wallop.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Stories » by Various
  • It is generally discoverable by the smokiness of the wax, and faintness of the re-impression.
  • Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
  • It smells of the freshest, purest fragrance, after the smokiness of Harley Street.
  • Extract from : « North and South » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  • A vapor, a strange puff of smokiness exploded from it, and disappeared instantly.
  • Extract from : « Invaders from the Infinite » by John Wood Campbell
  • His smokiness turned from a soft coal to an anthracite hue, and he went off his feed.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Stories » by Various
  • The second is to trim the wick and do whatever else it needs to correct the smokiness.
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on the Crowned Christ of Revelation » by S. D. Gordon
  • This also accounts for the smokiness of the interior of the burial-caves, even of the ancient ones.
  • Extract from : « Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Carl Lumholtz

Synonyms for smokiness

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