Steamily

//ˈstiːmɪli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a steamy manner.

    "Behind him, through a wall of plate glass, gray Manhattan sulked steamily under a drifting pall of April rain."

Example

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"Behind him, through a wall of plate glass, gray Manhattan sulked steamily under a drifting pall of April rain."

Etymology

From steamy + -ly.

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