steamy
adjective
consisting of or resembling steam.
steaminess
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a word derived from
steamy.
Example Sentences
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If it is not now summer, it is close to it, but the sogginess, the steaminess, the sweaty stickiness seemed nowhere to be found.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2022
Its full steaminess was not yet upon us.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2021
“Indebted” creator Dan Levy, a comedian and producer for “The Goldbergs,” said that he originally modeled Debbie and Stew after his own parents, but that the steaminess was all Drescher.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2020
The steaminess can’t get out, so there’s no danger of the fish drying out.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2018
It commences as a diffuse haziness or steaminess near the centre of the cornea, and as it spreads the entire cornea assumes the appearance of ground glass.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
