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hazy

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haz·y  (hz)
adj. haz·i·er, haz·i·est
1. Marked by the presence of haze; misty: hazy sunshine.
2. Unclear, confused, or uncertain: I have only a hazy notion of what she wants. I'm a bit hazy on the new budget.

[Origin unknown.]

hazi·ly adv.
hazi·ness n.

hazy
Adjective
[-zier, -ziest]
1. (of the sky or a view) unable to be seen clearly because of dust or heat
2. dim or vague: my memory is a little hazy on this [origin unknown]
hazily adv
haziness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.hazy - filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October morning"
cloudy - full of or covered with clouds; "cloudy skies"
2.hazy - indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"
indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

hazy
Translations
Spanish hazy [ˈheɪzɪ] adjbrumoso; [idea] → vago
French hazy [ˈheɪzɪ] adjbrumeux/euse; [idea] → vague; [photograph] → flou(e)
German hazy [ˈheɪzɪ] adjdunstig, diesig;
(idea, memory) → unklar, verschwommen;
I'm rather hazy about the details → an die Einzelheiten kann ich mich nur vage or verschwommen erinnern;
(ignorant) → die genauen Einzelheiten sind mir nicht bekannt

Italian hazy [ˈheɪzɪ] adjfosco/a; [idea] → vago/a; [photograph] → indistinto/a

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It was one of these covered days of fitful sunshine, of light, unsteady winds, with a swell from the westward, and hazy in general, but with the land about the Cape at times distinctly visible.
His hazy awareness was no more than an awareness of something--which, by the way, corresponds very fairly with the hazy awareness of the average human of the mysteries of birth and death and of the beyondness about which they have no definiteness of comprehension.
This smoke (or flame, perhaps, would be the better word for it) was so bright that the deep blue sky overhead and the hazy stretches of brown common towards Chertsey, set with black pine trees, seemed to darken abruptly as these puffs arose, and to remain the darker after their dispersal.
 
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