smeariness

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noun

The quality of being smeary.

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Meanings

nounsmeariness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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
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    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

From smeary + -ness.

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smeariness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smeariness

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“smeariness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smeariness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smeariness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smeariness.

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