smotheryadj.
/ˈsmʌðəri/ Tending to smother.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > smothering or smothered
smotheringa1200
smothery1603
smoring1642
asphyxiant1854
asphyxiating1859
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > relating to smoke > dense or suffocating
smotheringa1200
foggy1584
smouldery1590
smothery1603
smoring1642
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 339 Now else should not..The plough beame hang aloft in smoothrie smoke.
1840 R. Browning Sordello iii. 717 We and you in smothery chafe,..stumbled thus far into Zin The Horrid.
1893 Pall Mall Mag. 1 781 The softly smothery effect of her manner.
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