Adjective: smudgey
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | smudgier |
| Superlative | smudgiest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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[T]he only resident servant was a sixteen-year-old runner of small errands. A girl always down at the heels, with a smudgey face, rough hair, flyaway cap, and dirty apron. [1873 September, John Baker Hopkins, “Making the Worst of it”, in The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume XI, London: Grant & Co., […], chapter XXIV (Mrs. Laura Marshall), page 353:]
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Incidentally, most of the carbons we see are mighty poor copies of an original that may well be a cause of editorial eye strain. Often they are smudgey, or so pale and faded they cannot be read at night. [1956 summer, “Criticism Is What You Make of It”, in Rewrite: The Magazine of Effective Writing, volume XVI, number 2, Lunenburg, Mass.: Writers’ Counsel Service, page 10, column 2:]
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The silly grin on his smudgey face revealed that he had a big, dark hole in his mouth where one front tooth should have been. [1989, Mary Kirchoff, chapter 7, in Kendermore (Dragonlance: Preludes; 2), Lake Geneva, Wis.: TSR, Inc., →ISBN, page 91:]
Adjectives inflected like smudgey
snipey,
scaley,
smiley,
slicey,
slimey,
slatey,
shitey,
blowsey,
plaguey,
breezey,
schemey,
smudgey,
smidgey,
douchey,
greasey,
cabbagey,
chocolatey,
cliquey,
squiggley,
dog-whistley, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology