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Grammar : Adj
Spell : mis-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪs ti



Definition of misty

Origin :
  • Old English mistig; see mist (n.) + -y (2). Related: Mistily; mistiness.
  • adj filmy, obscure
Example sentences :
  • The girl's eyes met his with passionate sorrow in their misty deeps.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • It was only later on that Winnie obtained from him a misty and confused confession.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The sixth day of the appointed week was a moist, hot, misty day.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • For ten minutes or so, he pushed on into the strange, misty night.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • His misty little mind had already made an unconscious classification.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • And why should not the individual life have its misty legends as well as that of nations?
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • She went to the window and leaned out into the night over the misty sea.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • It was a misty, black night, and Trumet sidewalks were uneven and hard to navigate.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • A misty rain was falling from an empty sky, and the daylight was beginning to fail.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The morning was misty, but the effects of light and shade were most beautiful.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

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