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Adjective: sooty (sootier,sootiest)  soo-tee or sû-tee [N. Amer], sû-tee [Brit]
  1. Covered with or as if with soot
    "a sooty chimney"
     
  2. Of the blackest black; similar to the colour of jet or coal
    "Her sooty eyes were piercing";
    - coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy

Derived forms: sootier, sootiest

See also: achromatic, dirty, neutral, soiled, unclean

Encyclopedia: Sooty