adverb
- in a steamy manner; with steam or vapor
- in a hot and humid way
- in a passionate or sensual manner
Usage: informal
Examples
- The bathroom mirror fogged up steamily after the hot shower.
- The jungle air hung steamily around the explorers.
- Steam rose steamily from the hot soup bowl.
- The greenhouse windows were steamily covered with condensation.
- The romance novel described their steamily passionate encounter.
- Coffee steamed steamily in the cold morning air.