unsteamy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ steamy

Adjective[edit]

unsteamy (comparative more unsteamy, superlative most unsteamy)

  1. Not steamy.
    • 1979, New York, volume 12, page 292:
      Why would any club bother to flag such unsteamy fiction?
    • 1999, Glamour, volume 97, numbers 5-8, page 42:
      Pick an unsteamy moment to bring up your virginity, says Kuriansky. "Try, 'I feel nervous to say this, but I'm not as experienced as you might think.'"
    • 2010, Stanley Middleton, Holiday, page 76:
      Perhaps Meg was having a bath. No sounds of tanks refilled. The bathroom was cold, unsteamy; the porcelain innocent of a drop of water.