The Collaborative International Dictionary
Smothery
Smothery \Smoth"er*y\, a. Tending to smother; stifling.
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smothery
a. Tending to smother; stifling.
Usage examples of "smothery".
I got up to the first floor landing and the smoke there was already too thick and smothery for me to go any higher.
The sun was bright, and soon the day grew warm and smothery like summer.
That horror was followed by other roars, not crackly like the thunder that accompanied the man-made volts, but hollow, sullen, the smothery tumble of collapsing walls.
That horror was followed by other roars, not crackly like the thunder that accompanied the man-made volts, but hollow, sullen, the smothery tumble of collapsing walls.