smothery

[ smuhth-uh-ree ]

adjective

1. stifling; close:

   a smothery atmosphere.

Word History and Origins

Origin of smothery¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; smother + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The odor of the ointment was sickeningly sweet, and the mask gave her a hot smothery feeling.

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And I laughed again till I thought there must be some elf scrambling among the rafters of that smothery ceiling.

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"Well I should think the inside of a carpet-bag would be pretty smothery," observed Mollie.

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In a moment they were mere fantastic shadows galloping up the hill through the smothery gloom.

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No, Tom, I won't be rich, and I won't live in them cussed smothery houses.

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