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unsmelly

unsmelly adjective: not smelly; not having an unpleasant smell.

Adjective

unsmelly (comparative more unsmelly, superlative most unsmelly)

  1. Not smelly; not having an unpleasant smell
    • Generally speaking, parts of the human body are considered beautiful if round, firm, smooth, dry, unsmelly and clean.2008, Ernest Gellner, The Psychoanalytic Movement: The Cunning of Unreason, page 25
    • We also live in such unsmelly times, with most everyone bathing and washing clothes regularly, and public sanitation working invisibly and reliably to sweep away the foul detritus of the day[…]2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, Perfumes: The A-Z Guide, page 45
    Synonyms:
    unstinky

Synonyms of unsmelly

Forms of unsmelly

comparativemore unsmelly
superlativemost unsmelly

Origin of unsmelly

From un- + smelly.

Words that rhyme with unsmelly

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Questions about unsmelly

What does unsmelly mean?
Unsmelly means not smelly; not having an unpleasant smell.
What part of speech is unsmelly?
Unsmelly is an adjective.

Words near unsmelly in the dictionary

  1. unsmeared
  2. unsmell
  3. unsmelled
  4. unsmelling
  5. unsmells
  6. unsmelly
  7. unsmelt
  8. unsmeltable
  9. unsmelted
  10. unsmiled
  11. unsmiling

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