smeary
Origin of smeary
1Other words from smeary
- smear·i·ness, noun
Words Nearby smeary
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How to use smeary in a sentence
A lightly tapered tip gives it just enough rise for buttery turn initiations and an overall smeary playfulness.
Long-Term Review: The Best Skis, Period | Heather Schultz and Marc Peruzzi | March 4, 2021 | Outside OnlineMs Galvez caught me staring at it and handed me a permission slip on smeary Xeroxed school letterhead.
Little Brother | Cory DoctorowWhat did they care for dust on the books and smeary window panes?
Molly Brown of Kentucky | Nell SpeedIn front of it a sagging woman with tight-drawn hair, and a baby bedraggled, smeary, glorious-eyed.
Main Street | Sinclair LewisHe had a passion for stealing sugarall the door knobs were smeary and sticky where his sugary hands had reached to open the doors.
Joan of the Journal | Helen Diehl Olds
Poppy was painting, standing before a huge canvas and looking very smeary; she gave me a cheek to kiss, and she was thin!
Affinities and Other Stories | Mary Roberts Rinehard
British Dictionary definitions for smeary
/ (ˈsmɪərɪ) /
smeared, dirty; blurred by smearing
Derived forms of smeary
- smearily, adverb
- smeariness, noun
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