smeary

Meaning

Adjective

Having or showing smears.
Tending to smear or soil.
Having a consistency like grease; covered with such a substance.

Origin

From Middle English *smery, *smeri, from Old English smeoruwiġ ("fatty, greasy, unctious, smeary"), equivalent to smear + -y.

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