sooty
pronunciation
How to pronounce sooty in British English:
UK [ˈsʊti]
How to pronounce sooty in American English:
US [ˈsʊti, ˈsuti]
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- Adjective:
- of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
Word Origin
- sooty (adj.)
- mid-13c., from soot + -y (2). Related: Sootily; sootiness.
Example
- 1. Sooty the hand puppet , he was from a more innocent age too .
- 2. His sooty hand smudged the paper .
- 3. She would stare at me from inside the sooty shadows of her kitchen , unconvinced as to my right to exist .
- 4. Photo 6 : soaring on seven-foot wings , a pair of light-mantled sooty albatrosses cruise the nesting cliffs of gold harbour .
- 5. At least the death cry of the insignificant sooty gull gave her back her significance .