Antonyms for foggy
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fog-ee, faw-gee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɒg i, ˈfɔ gi |
Definition of foggy
Origin :- 1540s, perhaps from a Scandinavian source, or formed from fog (n.1) + -y (2). Foggy Bottom "U.S. Department of State," from the name of a marshy region of Washington, D.C., where many federal buildings are (also with a suggestion of political murkiness) popularized 1947 by James Reston in "New York Times," but he said it had been used earlier by Edward Folliard of "The Washington Post."
- adj hazy, obscure
- But our foggy English climate and stodgy people call for it.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- She took me down, to the sea gate at the end of a warm, still, foggy day.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- He had prepared his sermon on those three foggy days that began the week.
- Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- It was pitch dark, foggy as ever, and the tide a-risin' fast.
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- But these memories are all foggy and mixed with dreams and nightmares.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- I miss you quite a lot, Don, dear, especially on foggy days.
- Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
- Foggy morning; pale line of silver on eastern horizon; swell, but no wind.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- It fell upon the vast landing, all foggy with a slow drift of smoke.
- Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
- The night was foggy and dark, so that her progress, to be safe, was necessarily slow.
- Extract from : « Rollo on the Atlantic » by Jacob Abbott
- It was a drizzling, foggy morning when they drove down to the boat.
- Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
Synonyms for foggy
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