Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being smeary or smeared.
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- noun The quality of being
smeary .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the material is pecular in its smeariness; animation in twisty pretzel fashion.
The Hall of Twisty Smears - Rezzed Bettina Tizzy 2007
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But the material is pecular in its smeariness; animation in twisty pretzel fashion.
Archive 2007-12-01 Bettina Tizzy 2007
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You can see, if you have really good eyes and can filter the abomination that is the Google Video above, the slight smeariness that I was unable to eliminate completely.
Archive 2007-07-01 Angry Professor 2007
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You can see, if you have really good eyes and can filter the abomination that is the Google Video above, the slight smeariness that I was unable to eliminate completely.
In case the folks at Pixar read my blog, I would consider relocating for a permanent position. Angry Professor 2007
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Certainly, in its present state, it is impossible to recognise Giorgione's touch, whilst the glaring red tones of the flesh and the general smeariness of the whole render all enjoyment out of question.
Giorgione Cook, Herbert 1904
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Also, any advice for removing the smeariness from the lense, resulting from salt water mist that seems to hang in the air.
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Set dressers amass significant clutter on a shoestring -- the "rich, dark production design" promised by the press kit is more dark than rich, as the sconces, candelabras, and bordello wallpaper murk together from the myopic smeariness of the HD cinematography.
indieWIRE News 2008
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