Used in a Sentence

smoky

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for smoky.

Editorial note

The first component you get is basically medicinal-and-smoky, and these two only score 1 for medicinal.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Filled with smoke.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of smoky gathered in one view.

adjective

Filled with smoke.

adjective

Filled with or enveloped in tobacco smoke.

adjective

Giving off smoke.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for smoky.

Example sentences

1

The first component you get is basically medicinal-and-smoky, and these two only score 1 for medicinal.

2

Roasting cheap beans to a dark smoky stage masks the bad flavors in the beans...

3

Someone might give a dive bar a one-star review because it's smoky, they only accept cash, and they only sell Bud Light.

4

Adirondack park could actually fit Glacier, Yosemite, the Great Smoky Mountains, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon Nationals parks all inside its borders.

5

And in other news, I still owe him a trip into the Great Smoky Mountains to scatter his ashes.

6

Backing out would cost them whatever political capital is traded in smoky rooms.

7

This is indeed soft and smoky dead end for many businesses.

8

There's a big difference between working in a smoky bar for 10 hour shifts, and smelling cigarettes for 30 seconds as you walk in a building.

9

First, the completely enveloping, holodeck-esque wonder of climbing into or onto just about any deluxe cabinet[1][2][3][4] as a kid in the smoky arcades of the 80s.

10

But clustering on the components and tweaking the starting values can draw Isle of Jura, Oban, Old Pulteney and occasionally Glen Garioch into the smoky cluster.

11

I never said or implied that people got together in a smoky room.

12

More than likely this will be resolved in some smoky backroom someplace and we won't ever hear the real conclusion of the matter.

Quote examples

1

Bowmore is a smoky whisky (score 3), but it has enough interesting other characteristics that means it does not align with the obvious "Islay" cluster (smoky centre of 2.8).

2

The amount of marketing that goes into this narrow vision of "mm smoky salty tasty" B.

3

IMO Laphroaig (why is everyone leaving out the "a"?) is smoky but many are smokier.

4

If you've ever seen a Shuttle launch, the long and smoky plume and the rocket "leaping off the pad" will look very familiar.

Proper noun examples

1

Any kind of outdoor activity is nearby (Smoky Mountains), and I like the fact that we actually have trees here compared to the west coast.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use smoky in a sentence?

The first component you get is basically medicinal-and-smoky, and these two only score 1 for medicinal.

What does smoky mean?

Filled with smoke.

What part of speech is smoky?

smoky is commonly used as adjective.