simpery

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adjective

Characterized by a simper; smirky.

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Meanings

adjectivesimpery (comparative more simpery, superlative most simpery)

comparative more simpery · superlative most simpery

  1. Characterized by a simper; smirky.

    Angela is still chittering. “And as a result, we’re dropping the story. You know we never cover suicides. Putting them on TV might encourage people to do it. So—sorry, Charlie.” She gives a simpery smile, as if no one’s ever used the tuna line on me before.

    2007, Hank Phillippi Ryan, chapter 3, in Prime Time (Charlotte McNally), New York, N.Y: Tom Doherty Associates, published February 2016, →ISBN, page 34

Origin

From simper + -y.

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APA

simpery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simpery

MLA

“simpery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simpery. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “simpery,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simpery.

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