Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Steamy or vaporous character or quality; mistiness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistiness.
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- noun The property of being
steamy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor
Etymologies
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Examples
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The play, under Michael John Garces's taut direction, is a gritty depiction of the ritualistic world of gangs in barrios and prisons, and reminiscent in its theatrical bloodiness and steaminess of "Oz," the late 1990s HBO cellblock drama.
Theater review: 'Oedipus el Rey' at Woolly Mammoth Peter Marks 2011
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The play, under Michael John Garces's taut direction, is a gritty depiction of the ritualistic world of gangs in barrios and prisons, and reminiscent in its theatrical bloodiness and steaminess of "Oz," the late 1990s HBO cellblock drama.
Theater review: 'Oedipus el Rey' at Woolly Mammoth Peter Marks 2011
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Something about the randomness of it: a stranger, not just missing a hand, but with an actual hook; a dark parking lot; desire and sex and steaminess in the car I did not think about this until I was a teenager, and then, the paralyzing shock of seeing your lover, killed by some guy with a hook who appears out of nowhere.
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And not just because of the steaminess; it's a solid tale!
January 13th, 2009 douglascohen 2009
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The purpose here is to make a guy from Grey's Anatomy more known since his steaminess is not as apparent.
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Though I imagine NYC hot is related to Florida hot and other types of regional hot, I think NYC hot has a particular uncomfortable steaminess of its own.
2007 July | the blog of author, illustrator and designer Kris Waldherr - Part 2 2007
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Though I imagine NYC hot is related to Florida hot and other types of regional hot, I think NYC hot has a particular uncomfortable steaminess of its own.
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Sunny Rio proves as noirish a setting as sunny Los Angeles does for American mystery writers, and Garcia-Roza exploits the Brazilian city's seemliness and steaminess to perfection in tough but sensuous language.
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Some romance writers have SEVERAL different psuedonyms they use depending on the orientation gender and steaminess etc of the piece.
Silence IS Death Miss Snark 2006
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I myself felt an oppressive steaminess in the atmosphere which I had not experienced on the higher lands.
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