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smellily

adv
/ˈsmɛlɪli/

Etymology

From smelly + -ly.

  1. inherited from smel
  2. derived from *smel-✻ — “to burn, smoke, smoulder; tar, pitch”
  3. inherited from *smallijan✻ — “to glow, burn, smoulder”
  4. inherited from *smyllan✻
  5. inherited from smellen
  6. suffixed as smelly — “smell + y”
  7. suffixed as smellily — “smelly + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a smelly manner.

    • ‘I'm done for,’ said the poet, dropping heavily and smellily beside her.
    • Then I pissed, long and smellily, on the ground as was the custom on that world.
    • In vases of coloured glass, expensive cut flowers were silently screaming as they smellily expired.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA