enjoyed the misty view of the thunderous falls from the deck of the sightseeing boat I've a misty understanding of the issue but not so much that I could vote intelligently.
Recent Examples on the WebIn a short while, it was reported that members of the Royal Family were making their way to be at her bedside, with television cameras trained upon the misty runway of Aberdeen airport. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2022 The cool, misty morning fog is slowly fading away from the California coast. Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug. 2022 The fog machine and strobe lights were working at full strength, turning the Orioles clubhouse Friday into a misty room of celebration. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2022 Atop a terrifyingly steep mountain in northeastern Turkey, the village of Haremtepe resembles an island surrounded by a vast ocean of green: verdant, bushy rows of tea plantations continue as far as the misty skies fleetingly allow to be seen. Peter Yeung, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022 Were the green fields, the ghostly cows, the misty air in the falling light enough to make life worth living? J.r. Patterson, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 His EPs, Songs4U from 2017 and Chiquito from 2018, were built on misty, bilingual sounds that intrigued the music industry — and then came an intense label bidding war. Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2022 The vision of an abundant energy future will attract a scrum of billionaires, political operatives, and misty-eyed business leaders intent on resurrecting that oldest of pundit dreams: a bipartisan climate bill. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 20 July 2022 The rain pelted the headstone, leaving streaks on the black marble and mirroring the misty eyes of the 100 or so admirers who had come to say goodbye.New York Times, 6 May 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of misty was before the 12th century