smokiness

English

Etymology

From smoky +‎ -ness.

Noun

smokiness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being smoky.
    • 1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 21:
      Then we pass through Bebington station, and, entering a cutting, become aware of the usual signs of approach to an urban area—buildings closing in, an all-round increase in smokiness, and the application of brakes.

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