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smeary

[ smeer-ee ]

adjective

, smear·i·er, smear·i·est.
  1. showing smears; smeared.
  2. tending to smear or soil.


ˈsmeary

/ ˈsmɪərɪ /

adjective

  1. smeared, dirty; blurred by smearing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈsmeariness, noun
  • ˈsmearily, adverb
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Other Words From

  • smeari·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of smeary1

First recorded in 1520–30; smear + -y 1
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Example Sentences

A lightly tapered tip gives it just enough rise for buttery turn initiations and an overall smeary playfulness.

Ms Galvez caught me staring at it and handed me a permission slip on smeary Xeroxed school letterhead.

What did they care for dust on the books and smeary window panes?

In front of it a sagging woman with tight-drawn hair, and a baby bedraggled, smeary, glorious-eyed.

He had a passion for stealing sugarall the door knobs were smeary and sticky where his sugary hands had reached to open the doors.

Poppy was painting, standing before a huge canvas and looking very smeary; she gave me a cheek to kiss, and she was thin!

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