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misty

/ˈmɪsti/ adjective B1
  1. Covered in mist; foggy. · It's very misty this morning; I can't see a thing!
  2. Dim; vague; obscure. (figuratively) · a misty memory of his childhood
  3. With tears in the eyes; dewy-eyed. (figuratively) · Her eyes grew misty the night her long-time friend passed away.

Comparative mistier · Superlative mistiest

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Beside him glided Caderousse, whose desire to partake of the good things provided for the wedding party had induced him to become reconciled to the Dantès, father and son, although there still lingered in his mind a faint and unperfect recollection of the events of the preceding night; just as the brain retains on waking in the morning the dim and misty outline of a dream.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 23 · C1
There are vague memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in its childhood.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 46 · B2
“Why, a bride, of course--a bride all in white with a lovely misty veil.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 18 · C1
Sometimes the road went through woods where maples were beginning to hang out scarlet banners; sometimes it crossed rivers on bridges that made Anne’s flesh cringe with the old, half-delightful fear; sometimes it wound along a harbor shore and passed by a little cluster of weather-gray fishing huts; again it mounted to hills whence a far sweep of curving upland or misty-blue sky could be seen; but wherever it went there was much of interest to discuss.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 235 · C1

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