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Mistiness

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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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Noun1.mistiness - cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor
steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness, haziness
murkiness, cloudiness, muddiness - the quality of being cloudy
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Through this low-lit mistiness Tess walked leisurely along.
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