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Grammar : Adj
Spell : stee-mee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsti mi



Definition of steamy

Origin :
  • 1640s, from steam + -y (2); in the sense of "erotic, sexy," it is first recorded 1952. Related: Steamily; steaminess.
  • adj giving off vapors
  • adj misty
  • adj erotic
Example sentences :
  • There was still enough light in the steamy cabin to discern objects.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • A formless cloud of gray fog blew into the warm, steamy room.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
  • The baby should remain in this steamy atmosphere ten minutes at a time.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • The atmosphere was as steamy, as dense and as aromatic as before.
  • Extract from : « Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches » by Maurice Baring
  • I wonder that you have kept your health as well as you have, in this steamy climate.
  • Extract from : « On the Irrawaddy » by G. A. Henty
  • Perhaps it was seeing all this through the steamy, misty rain.
  • Extract from : « Sail Ho! » by George Manville Fenn
  • Even the West-end was hot and steamy on that broiling August day.
  • Extract from : « Littlebourne Lock » by F. Bayford Harrison
  • In a steamy, ice-rimmed volcano's throat on a desolate top of the world!
  • Extract from : « Your National Parks » by Enos A. Mills
  • It is as hot as fire here, and the park has that steamy smell that a hothouse has.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Rachael » by Kathleen Norris
  • The air was steamy and hot, and I was surrounded by something which chained every part.
  • Extract from : « Bill Biddon, Trapper » by Edward S. Ellis

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