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Definition of Smothery
1. a. Tending to smother; stifling.
Definition of Smothery
1. Adjective. Tending to smother; stifling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smothery
1. tending to smother [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smothery
Literary usage of Smothery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... to stifle ; smudgy, hot or close, smothery. See Smother. Smug. Spruce, neat ;
to smug up oneself, to trim, to set oneself off to the best advantage. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... to stifle ; smudgy, hot or close, smothery. See Smother. Smug. Spruce, neat ;
to smug up oneself, to trim, to set oneself off to the best advantage. ..."
3. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"... close, smothery; of the weather. Comp. also Gael, smur, ... clouds of smoke,
dust or smothery vapour, ..."
4. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1875)
"No, Tom, I won't be rich, and I won't live in them cussed smothery houses.
I like the woods, and the river, and hogsheads, and I'll stick to 'em, too. ..."
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