smothery

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adjective

Tending to smother; smothering; stifling.

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Meanings

adjectivesmothery (comparative more smothery, superlative most smothery)

comparative more smothery · superlative most smothery

  1. Tending to smother; smothering; stifling.

    But what means this? The downy swathes combine, / Conglobe, the smothery coy-caressing stuff / Curdles about her!

    1880, Robert Browning, “Pan and Luna”, in Dramatic Idyls: Second Series, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 143

Origin

From smother + -y.

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smothery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smothery

MLA

“smothery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smothery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smothery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smothery.

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