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Mistily

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mist·y  (mst)
adj. mist·i·er, mist·i·est
1. Consisting of or marked by mist: a misty rain; a misty night.
2. Obscured or clouded by or as if by mist: far-off, misty mountains.
3.
a. Vague; hazy: a misty recollection of a dream.
b. Full of tender emotion; sentimental: a love story that left us feeling misty and sad.
misti·ly adv.
misti·ness n.
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Adv.1.mistily - in a misty manner; "the summits of the mountains were mistily purple"
2.mistily - in a vague way; "he looked vaguely familiar"; "he explained it somewhat mistily"
vaguely


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Outside the Snow Queen was mistily white in the moonshine; the frogs were singing in the marsh beyond Orchard Slope.
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