sooty
[ soot-ee, soo-tee ]
adjective,soot·i·er, soot·i·est.
covered, blackened, or smirched with soot.
consisting of or resembling soot.
of a black, blackish, or dusky color.
Origin of sooty
1Other words from sooty
- soot·i·ly, adverb
- soot·i·ness, noun
- un·soot·y, adjective
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How to use sooty in a sentence
The annoyance of losing the wood was aggravated by the sootiness of the coal upon which we now had to fall back.
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British Dictionary definitions for sooty
sooty
/ (ˈsʊtɪ) /
adjectivesootier or sootiest
covered with soot
resembling or consisting of soot
Derived forms of sooty
- sootily, adverb
- sootiness, noun
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