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smokiness

smokiness

1 3.9
A taste, smell or appearance like smoke
  • noun
  • /ˈsmoʊkiness/
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  • Pork Valley, I'd say, without the smokiness, yeah.
  • smokiness of meat
  • imparts a subtle smokiness
  • smokiness and flavor

It's smooth, but the smokiness just gives, like, coats your throat.

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Examples

  • And then I'm just going to pack it in right on this outer corner to deepen up that smokiness, just deepen up the outer V.

  • But I'm just getting that suggestion of that smokiness underneath.

  • Whoa, the smokiness of that meat.

  • I just want this to add a little bit more smokiness and a little bit more depth because I felt like it needed it.

  • Oh, it's got some smokiness to it Smells really good.

  • It's smooth, but the smokiness just gives, like, coats your throat.

  • We'll use this one right here and keep this pretty diffused smokiness going on the lower lash line.

  • But none the less, I am sweeping that color back and forth underneath the eye and really trying to match the smokiness and softness of the lid itself.

  • It was seared and cooked directly on charcoal, which I love the charcoal there, that smokiness, right?

  • The smokiness of the barbecue sauce added an irresistible flavor to the ribs.

Antonyms

30 2.7

How easy it is to see through something like clean water

15 1.0

The state of being new and clean, not stale or spoiled

Surface Forms

smokiness singular
smokinesses plural

Morphology

smokiness = smoky (transparent) = smoke + y + ness

Formed from the adjective 'smoky' with the regular noun-forming suffix '-ness', so the meaning (the quality of being smoky) is directly derived.

Etymology

Smokiness is built from smoke, plus -y (meaning 'full of') and -ness (meaning 'state or quality'). So smokiness literally means 'the state of being full of smoke', which is why we use it for the taste, smell, or look of something that seems smoky.