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mistily

mistily

7.2
In a way that makes things look hazy as if in fog
  • adverb
  • /ˈmɪstɪli/
translation icon : nebulosamente
  • The painting was mistily unclear, giving it an ethereal and dreamlike quality.

Examples

  • 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.

  • He could see the mountains mistily rising in the distance as the sun began to rise.

Synonyms

foggily
vsmistily
5.6

In a way that is not clear and hard to remember

is broader, meaning any indistinct or hazy quality
muzzily
vsmistily
9.6

In a confused and foggy way that makes it hard to think

refers to visual or general haziness rather than mental fog

Antonyms

clearly
881 1.0

In a way that is easy to see, hear, or understand

sharply
22 1.5

In a clear, strong way that is easy to notice

How Hazy

obscurely
2 7.7
mistily
7.2
hazily
1 4.7
faintly
47 2.7

Surface Forms

mistily positive

Morphology

mistily = misty (transparent) = mist + y + ly

Formed from 'misty' + -ly; the literal sense 'in a manner characterized by mist' is directly derived from the adjective.

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.