sooty
Americanadjective
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covered, blackened, or smirched with soot.
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consisting of or resembling soot.
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of a black, blackish, or dusky color.
adjective
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covered with soot
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resembling or consisting of soot
Other Word Forms
- sootily adverb
- sootiness noun
- unsooty adjective
Etymology
Origin of sooty
Example Sentences
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Footage of rolling flames is as soothing as the real thing, and without the choking emissions and sooty clean-up.
From Salon
By the time pink and orange streaks began to glow over the horizon, all we had were a couple of boxes of wet, sooty items.
From Literature
They may be relocating to avoid sooty skies.
From Los Angeles Times
The mostly white moths stood out in the sooty environment and became easy prey for predators.
From Salon
The other side of the detective’s profile has him strolling between the starched propriety of upper-class society and the sooty underbelly, doing rich men’s dirty work.
From Salon
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