smothery

American  

[smuhth-uh-ree] / ˈsmʌð ə ri /

adjective

1. stifling; close.

   a smothery atmosphere.

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Etymology

Origin of smothery

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

Example Sentences

"Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't," Huck says.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was black and dark in there, but it was warm, though a bit smothery.

From The Story of a China Cat by Hope, Laura Lee

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

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

The ground sloped precipitously; and I was holding back by the underbrush lest the bank led to water when an indistinct sound, a smothery murmur like the gurgle of a subterranean pool, came from below.

From Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't.

From The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade by Twain, Mark