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smeariness

smeariness noun: the quality of being smeary.

Noun

smeariness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being smeary.
    • The smeariness of the marble-topped hall table did not offend her.1919, Dorothy Richardson, chapter 1, in The Tunnel,, London: Duckworth, page 1
    • She wore a limp blouse over blue jeans and had the body lines of a teenager, the crooks and skews and smeariness, and a way of merging with furniture, a kind of draped indecision.1991, Don DeLillo, Mao II, New York: Viking, Part 1, Chapter 4, p. 56

Origin of smeariness

From smeary + -ness.

Questions about smeariness

What does smeariness mean?
Smeariness means the quality of being smeary.
What part of speech is smeariness?
Smeariness is a noun.

Words near smeariness in the dictionary

  1. smeareth
  2. Smeargate
  3. smearier
  4. smeariest
  5. smearily
  6. smeariness
  7. smearing
  8. smearings
  9. smearless
  10. smearproof
  11. smears

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