sooty

[ soo t-ee, soo-tee ]

/ ˈsʊt i, ˈsu ti /

covered, blackened, or smirched with soot.

consisting of or resembling soot.

of a black, blackish, or dusky color.

Origin of sooty

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at soot, -y¹

soot·i·ly, adverb soot·i·ness, noun un·soot·y, adjective

And Carmen––what had been her thought when foul calumny laid its sooty touch upon her?

Carmen Ariza |Charles Francis Stocking
They asked which was his inn, and gazed foolishly at the sooty flue-branchings of the Pipes.

Back o' the Moon |Oliver Onions
He looked up, and saw a sooty old raven peering down at him.

Drolls From Shadowland |J. H. Pearce
The sooty youngster grinned and shifted his coil of rope from one shoulder to the other.

Our Little Swedish Cousin |Claire M. Coburn

Joan struggled to keep control of the situation—she suddenly smeared her face with her sooty fingers and turned with a grimace.

The Shield of Silence |Harriet T. Comstock

sooty

/ (ˈsʊtɪ) /

covered with soot

resembling or consisting of soot

sootily, adverb sootiness, noun