smearily
/ˈsmɪɹɪli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Their feeble pamphlets, their smearily printed newspaper, seemed futile against the enormous blare of Corpo propaganda."
- "Here was the pretty Chinese table whose top had been greased smearily by the flat feet of Ariffin doing his little dance."
- "Although her lower lip was thin and she used eyebrow pencil a bit smearily, she had a way with clothes."
Etymology
From smeary + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsmɪɹɪli/
- British English: /ˈsmɪəɹɪli/
Inflected Forms
more smearily (comparative)
most smearily (superlative)