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foggy

/ˈfɒɡi/ adjective A1
  1. Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy.
  2. Confused, befuddled, or vague. (figuratively) · He was still foggy with sleep.
  3. Being, covered with, or pertaining to fog (“tall grass etc that grows after, or is left after, cutting; moss”)

Comparative foggier · Superlative foggiest

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It was a foggy, cloudy morning, and a dun-coloured veil hung over the house-tops, looking like the reflection of the mud-coloured streets beneath.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 25 · B2
It was evening of a dull, foggy November day when, having left our bags at the "Chequers," Lamberley, we drove through the Sussex clay of a long winding lane, and finally reached the isolated and ancient farm-house in which Ferguson dwelt.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 59 · B2
October 16th.—A dull and foggy day with a drizzle of rain.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 127 · C1
It was the end of November, and Holmes and I sat, upon a raw and foggy night, on either side of a blazing fire in our sitting-room in Baker Street.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 202 · C1

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