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Meanings of smoky in English

Portuguese
fumegante

Marked by or emitting or filled with smoke.

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fumegante

Smoky.

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Examples for "smokeless"
Examples for "smokeless"
1
One possible mechanism is that moist smokeless tobacco affects the inflammatory response.
Pubmed
2
Over the smokeless town the sky began to glow clear and brilliant.
By What Authority?
3
The fuel used was a smokeless Welsh coal, from the Llangennech colleries.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884.
4
The propelling force is a charge of seven ounces of smokeless powder.
History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Sant...
5
In his hand were a dozen little .22 long, soft-nosed, smokeless cartridges.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Usage of smoky in English
1
Already, it was said, there was smoky smog on very still days.
The Long Earth
2
It was smoky, slightly redolent of cinnamon and the sea, and delicious.
The Hyperion Cantos
3
He saw visions in the smoky haze that hung above the Beresina.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
4
The pillar of fire rose in the early morning, brief and smoky.
Quantico
5
She could not contemplate the idea of the smoky Vicarage at Rawtenbeck.
The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story
6
The latter will add a delicious smoky quality to the sticky ribs.
The South African
7
After a few smoky minutes, the room blazed with light and warmth.
The passage
8
We accompany it with a cup of smoky Lapsang Soochong China tea.
The Complete Book of Cheese
9
She answered on the second ring and the smoky voice electrified him.
Book of shadows
10
A smoky haze rose from the blackened remains of Polly Larenski's house.
The panic zone
11
The interior was smoky and ill-smelling, but the equipment was wholly familiar.
The Pirates of Ersatz
12
They had met face-to-face a dozen times, usually in this smoky dive.
Consent to kill: a thriller
13
The smoky sunset was fading outside and the room was growing dark.
The Primadonna / A Sequel to "Fair Margaret"
14
Adam was called from the smoky day room and the television's roar.
A week in december
15
You know that? He brushed past her, heading for the smoky-glass door.
The witch of agnesi
16
Positioning the Holo to find the best light in the smoky air.
Mockingjay
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Translations for smoky
Portuguese
fumegante
Smoky through the time
Smoky across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common