Definition of "sootiness" []

• The state or property of being sooty (noun)

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• "He was not so dramatic a painter as Dosso, and in addition he had certain mannerisms or earmarks, such as sootiness in his flesh tints and brightness in his yellows and greens, with dulness in his reds."
• "Check out Trevor Little's handsome photo of the power-washing of Manhattan's 188 Suffolk Street, revealing the deep sootiness of New York's old buildings."
• "He pointed to a sootiness not far below the north pole, as it hove in sight."