mistily
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7.2
In a way that makes things look hazy as if in fog
- adverb
- /ˈmɪstɪli/
:
nebulosamente
- The painting was mistily unclear, giving it an ethereal and dreamlike quality.
Examples
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He yawned, and the odd sensation slipped away while he groped for the watch that he always put on the chair next to the bed; then he yawned again as he blinked at the hands mistily seen behind the scratched crystal.
Fiction book (1993) -
The city looked beautiful mistily covered in fog during the early morning.
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He could see the mountains mistily rising in the distance as the sun began to rise.
Synonyms
Antonyms
How Hazy
Surface Forms
mistily positive
Morphology
Etymology
Mistily comes from mist ('fog') plus -ly ('in this way'), so it describes how something looks when seen through mist. Picture the morning world softened by fog—the shapes are hazy and unclear, and so they appear mistily.