Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Producing fumes: full of vapor; vaporous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Producing fumes; fumous.

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  • adjective Producing, or filled with fumes

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Examples

  • We blinked hard, and with little puffs blew from our lips the glowing spray, fumy and sour.

    What We Had To Do Sterling McKennedy 2011

  • Both are strong and fumy you will need to have plenty of fresh air moving through or you might cause harm to yourself.

    Glow N | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • But so far Guangzhou remained ordinary in its fumy haze of motorbike and truck exhaust, its shrill clamor of traffic horns and keening brakes.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • But so far Guangzhou remained ordinary in its fumy haze of motorbike and truck exhaust, its shrill clamor of traffic horns and keening brakes.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • But so far Guangzhou remained ordinary in its fumy haze of motorbike and truck exhaust, its shrill clamor of traffic horns and keening brakes.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • But so far Guangzhou remained ordinary in its fumy haze of motorbike and truck exhaust, its shrill clamor of traffic horns and keening brakes.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • But so far Guangzhou remained ordinary in its fumy haze of motorbike and truck exhaust, its shrill clamor of traffic horns and keening brakes.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • The pale, fumy drift of the Milky Way drooped down and seemed so near, straight in front, that it seemed the obvious road to take.

    Kangaroo 2004

  • But so far Guangzhou remained ordinary in its fumy haze of motorbike and truck exhaust, its shrill clamor of traffic horns and keening brakes.

    Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004

  • After a fumy silence in which the vocalist missed planes and got his letters shot back to him, Sam said, "Where would I be living when I asked for -- whatever?"

    The End of the Pier Grimes, Martha 1994

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