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adjective, smarm·i·er, smarm·i·est.
excessively or unctuously flattering, ingratiating, servile, etc.: the emcee with the smarmy welcome.
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smarm·i·ly, adverb
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Smarmy
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Example Sentences
- It is uplifting and sentimental without being moralistic and smarmy.
- It comes bound in an annoying leather case that smacks of smarmy corporate importance.
- Albany's smarmy politics certainly need a reformer and, within reason, an avenger.
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Word Origin & History
smarmy
"ingratiating, unctuous," 1924, from smarm "to behave in a flattering way" (1920), variant of colloquial smalm, smawm (1847) "to smear, bedaub" (the hair, with pomade) of unknown origin.
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smarmy definition[ˈsmɑrmi]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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