Word family noun smoke smoker ≠ non-smoker smoking smokiness adjective smoked smoking ≠ non-smoking smoky smokeless verb smoke
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsmokysmok‧y /ˈsməʊki $ ˈsmoʊ-/ adjective 1 BURNfilled with smoke a smoky room2 BURNproducing too much smoke a smoky engine3 Chaving the taste, smell, or appearance of smoke smoky green eyes a smoky flavour —smokiness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpus
smoky• It's real smoky and that.• smoky bacon• Hiding from the rain in a smoky bar we missed the twelve o'clock chiming of the Town Hall clock.• One contained a gorgeous silky fabric in smoky cherry pink with thin gray stripes and a satiny backing.• Mercedes and Luisa begin bringing in dinner: plates of rice, beans and crema, a smoky cream cheese.• The smoky flavors of the grilled rabbit combine perfectly with the spicy peanut-chili dipping sauce.• Now that the smoky fug had cleared a little, Marcus could smell the peculiar decay and soap combination coming from Gleeson.• a smoky old diesel engine• It is a lotus of sixteen petals of a smoky purple hue, and its element is ether, space.• Differs from marsh terns in winter by square white tail, smoky underwing and no sharply defined white shoulder. 