adjective
- comparative form of sooty; more covered with or containing soot
Examples
- The chimney sweep’s clothes grew sootier with each job.
- After the fire, the walls were sootier than ever before.
- His face became sootier as he worked near the coal stove.
- The old factory’s windows were sootier than the new building’s.
- She noticed her hands getting sootier while cleaning the fireplace.
- The air in the industrial district was sootier than in the suburbs.