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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Full of or surrounded by fog.
  • adjective Resembling or suggestive of fog.
  • adjective Clouded or blurred by or as if by fog; vague.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Abounding or covered with fog or moss.
  • Coarse; rank, as grass.
  • Same as fog.
  • Abounding with fog; damp with fog; misty: as, a foggy morning.
  • Hence Figuratively, dull; stupid.
  • Dim; not clear; obscure: as, his description was rather foggy.
  • In photography, affected by fog; fogged: said of a negative.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty
  • adjective Beclouded; dull; obscure.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Obscured by mist or fog; unclear; hazy
  • adjective figuratively Confused, befuddled, etc.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective stunned or confused and slow to react (as from blows or drunkenness or exhaustion)
  • adjective filled or abounding with fog or mist
  • adjective obscured by fog
  • adjective indistinct or hazy in outline

Etymologies

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fog +‎ -y

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