smeariness

English

Etymology

smeary +‎ -ness

Noun

smeariness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being smeary.
    • 1919, Dorothy Richardson, The Tunnel, London: Duckworth, Chapter 1, p. 1,
      The smeariness of the marble-topped hall table did not offend her.
    • 1991, Don DeLillo, Mao II, New York: Viking, Part 1, Chapter 4, p. 56,
      She wore a limp blouse over blue jeans and had the body lines of a teenager, the crooks and skews and smeariness, and a way of merging with furniture, a kind of draped indecision.

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