smelly
adjective
emitting a strong or unpleasant odor; reeking.
smellier
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comparativeof smelly.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Cities including Atlanta, Nashville and Louisville are so shorthanded they have temporarily stopped collecting things like recyclable bottles, cans, paper and plastic, yard waste or oversized junk to focus on the grosser, smellier stuff.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2022
"Thankfully he didn't seem to find his capture too alarming and hadn't released his spray in defence - otherwise it would have been a much smellier rescue mission."
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2021
“But with so much more food waste, our trash tends to be stinkier, smellier wet trash.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2021
It’s just a bad setup and the more people look into it, the smellier it looks.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2019
Troll farts, I discovered, are a hundred times smellier than the human kind.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
