steamy

[ stee-mee ]

/ ˈsti mi /

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adjective, steam·i·er, steam·i·est.

consisting of or resembling steam.

full of or abounding in steam; emitting steam.

covered with or as if with condensed steam: a steamy bathroom mirror.

hot and humid.

Informal. passionate or erotic.

Nearby words

steampunk, steamroll, steamroller, steamship, steamtight, steamy, steapsin, stear-, stearate, stearic, stearic acid

Origin of steamy

First recorded in 1635–45; steam + -y¹

Related formssteam·i·ly, adverbsteam·i·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for steamy

Zilch, what with Showtime's other steamy sex-heavy drama, The Affair, stealing its thunder.
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This is nudity as lifestyle, health, openness — not seamy or steamy.
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We were careful with how we dealt with suspected patients and what we did with our primitive coverings, it was steamy.
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The trailer was too sappy to go with my friends and the poster was too steamy to go with my parents.
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Today, at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador—in the steamy northeastern coast of Brazil—we saw the Dutch Reconquista.
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At any rate, Ikey toiled and snipped and basted and pressed and patched and sponged all day in the steamy fetor of a tailor-shop.
The Trimmed Lamp|O. Henry
Rainey strained his gaze to catch the steamy spiracle and the outthrust of the great head.
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Bombay is its usual mild and steamy self, an unchanging 86°, which seemed hot in November, but quite decently cool now.
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In a very few minutes a fire was blazing, and the fragrant fumes of frying bacon and strong coffee filled the close, steamy air.
Motor Matt's Air Ship|Stanley R. Matthews
I imagine the Moon as it once was, with volcanoes spitting, and with thundrous sounds in its steamy atmosphere.
The Planet Strappers|Raymond Zinke Gallun

British Dictionary definitions for steamy

steamy

/ (ˈstiːmɪ) /

adjective steamier or steamiest

of, resembling, full of, or covered with steam

informal lustful or eroticsteamy nightlife

Derived Formssteamily, adverbsteaminess, noun

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Word Origin and History for steamy

steamy

adj.

1640s, from steam + -y (2); in the sense of "erotic, sexy," it is first recorded 1952. Related: Steamily; steaminess.

steamy

adjective, steam·i·er, steam·i·est.

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British Dictionary definitions for steamy

steamy

adjective steamier or steamiest

Word Origin and History for steamy

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