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smeary
adjective as in oily
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Example Sentences
A lightly tapered tip gives it just enough rise for buttery turn initiations and an overall smeary playfulness.
Ms Galvez caught me staring at it and handed me a permission slip on smeary Xeroxed school letterhead.
What did they care for dust on the books and smeary window panes?
In front of it a sagging woman with tight-drawn hair, and a baby bedraggled, smeary, glorious-eyed.
He had a passion for stealing sugarall the door knobs were smeary and sticky where his sugary hands had reached to open the doors.
Poppy was painting, standing before a huge canvas and looking very smeary; she gave me a cheek to kiss, and she was thin!
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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to smeary, such as: buttery, creamy, oiled, slippery, waxy, and adipose.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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