sootier

  • 21sooty — [soot′ē, so͞ot′ē] adj. sootier, sootiest [ME < OE sotig: see SOOT & Y2] 1. of, like, or covered with, soot 2. dark or black like soot sootiness n …

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  • 22sooty — adj. (sootier, sootiest) 1 covered with or full of soot. 2 (esp. of an animal or bird) black or brownish black. Phrases and idioms: sooty albatross an albatross, Diomedia chrysostoma, with grey brown plumage. Derivatives: sootily adv. sootiness n …

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