Definition of "steaminess" [steam•i•ness]

• The property of being steamy. (noun)

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• "The play, under Michael John Garces's taut direction, is a gritty depiction of the ritualistic world of gangs in barrios and prisons, and reminiscent in its theatrical bloodiness and steaminess of "Oz," the late 1990s HBO cellblock drama."
• "The purpose here is to make a guy from Grey's Anatomy more known since his steaminess is not as apparent."
• "Something about the randomness of it: a stranger, not just missing a hand, but with an actual hook; a dark parking lot; desire and sex and steaminess in the car I did not think about this until I was a teenager, and then, the paralyzing shock of seeing your lover, killed by some guy with a hook who appears out of nowhere."