adverb
- in a smoky manner; with smoke or a smoky quality
- in a sultry or seductive manner
Usage: informal
Examples
- The fire burned smokily in the damp wood.
- The old chimney was smoking smokily into the gray sky.
- She looked at him smokily across the dimly lit room.
- The jazz singer performed smokily under the stage lights.
- The barbecue pit was burning smokily all afternoon.
- Her eyes gazed smokily through the haze.