smoky

adjective14

1. •
   Filled with smoke.

   • Some sate turning of spittes; and the place being all smoakie, made me thinke on hell, foꝛ the ioynts of meate lay as if they had béene bꝛoyling in the infernall fire, […] — 1608
2. •
   Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke.

   • In the evenings he argued the toss at smoky meetings in pubs and school halls. — 1974
3. •
   Of a colour or colour pattern similar to that of smoke.

   • The Pismire kinde of Aetius hath a smoky body, an ash-coloured neck, and the back as it were adorned with stars. — 1658
4. •
   Having a flavour or odour like smoke; flavoured with smoke.

   • [T]hei abstain frō a smo¦ky peace of Bacon or hard salted and poudred biefe or suche lyke, […] — 1551
5. •
   Resembling or composed of smoke.

   • And let thy mustie vapours march so thicke, That in their smoakie rankes, his smothred light May set at noone, and make perpetuall night. — 1594
6. •
   Of a person’s voice: having a deep, raspy quality, often as a result of smoking tobacco.

   • “Stop the York four-day stage!” said he, forcing his smoky voice through a world of throat-embracing shawl; […] — 1834
7. •
   Having a dark, thick, bass sound.

   • a few smoky jazz notes
8. •
   Giving off smoke.

   • a smoky oil lamp
9. •
   Attractive in a sensual way; sultry.

   • There was still that smoky little thing about her. The sexy swaying walk, the dark voice. — 1988
10. •
    Blackened by smoke.

    • Shepheard I take thy word, And trust thy honest offer’d courtesie, Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds With smoakie rafters, then in tapstrie halls, And courts of Princes, […] — 1634
11. •
    Addicted to or associated with the smoking of tobacco.

    • I am going to leave off tobacco, and then we must thrive. A smoky man must write smoky farces. — 1806
12. •
    (no longer used) Giving off steam or vapour.

    • He wrencht it [his sword] to the pommel through his sides, That fro the wound the smoky blood ran bubling, VVhere-with he staggred; […] — 1594
13. •
    (no longer used) Obscuring or insubstantial like smoke.

    • [T]o shewe them selfe playnely, to hate & deteste and abhorre vtterly, the pestylent contagyon of all suche smoky communycacyon. — 1534
14. •
    (no longer used) Quick to suspect or take note; open to suspicion; shrewd, sharp, suspicious; jealous.

    • Come, thou art, I see, a smoky old fellow, and I will be very orderly the ensuing part of the journey. — 1711