adj
Meaning 1
Marked with smudges.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
smudgy
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/ˈsmʌ.d͡ʒi/
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adj
Meaning 2
Like a thick smoke (such as is emitted by a smudge pot); thick and smoky or smokelike.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Rainy or drizzly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Hot and humid or stuffy; sweltering.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
smeared with something that soils or stains; these words are often used in combination- Henry Roth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- oil-smeared work clothes
- hostile faces smirched by the grime and rust
- ink-smudged fingers
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History
Etymology
From smudge (“blemish; dense smoke; to obscure by smearing; to stifle”) + -y. (The sense "rainy" is related to dialectal use of smudge to mean drizzling rain.)