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Steamy vs Steamily - What's the difference?

steamy | steamily |

As an adjective steamy

is warm and humid; full of steam.

As an adverb steamily is

in a steamy manner.

steamy

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • warm and humid; full of steam
    • My glasses fogged up when I walked into the steamy room.
  • (slang) erotic
    • Her latest novel was very steamy , but still managed to top the charts.
    I'm having a steamy affair with an Armenian boxer.

    Derived terms

    * steaminess

    Anagrams

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    steamily

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a steamy manner.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 13, author=Benjamin Black, title=The Lemur, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Behind him, through a wall of plate glass, gray Manhattan sulked steamily under a drifting pall of April rain. }}