misty
adjective
abounding in or clouded by mist.
mistily
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a word derived from
misty.
Example Sentences
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Braided hair was wrapped around the head and face like protection for a dramatic effect on the mistily lit runway.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2023
As throughout the album, his touch is mistily veiled one moment, glinting copper the next.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2019
A series of Kuitca’s paintings of concert venues includes a brush-stroked Hollywood Bowl mistily overgrown by greenery with blue oceanic turmoil by the stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2019
The guy looks back mistily: "I said, at that point, 'I would love to get a carriage house if I ever could' … and there you go!"
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2012
And Lee saw him mistily, one soldier of the Imperial Guard creeping away from his company’s defeat.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
