smudgedadj.
/smʌdʒd/ Marked with smudges; smeared, besmirched; applied in a smeary manner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [adjective] > smeared
smearya1529
smutchy1579
smeared1584
slubbered1588
besmeared1592
smudged1624
smudgy1859
beslubbered1863
1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον iv. 199 To bee seene..with a smodged face.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1037 Having a black smudged face.
1839 W. M. Thackeray Major Gahagan vi Uncurled wigs, smudged rouge, blear eyes.
1897 Bookman Jan. 122/2 A smudged half sheet of paper with bald facts.
Derivatives
ˈsmudgedly adv. in a smudged manner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb] > indistinctly
thicklyc1400
indistinctly1580
obscurelyc1586
veiledly1646
dimly1667
blindly1686
shadowyc1804
mistily1813
hazily1818
filmily1853
shadowly1866
blurrily1868
vaguely1871
smudgedly1889
faintly1892
1889 Fabian Ess. 217 We shall see as in a glass, darkly, or smudgedly,..that confrontation of rich and poor.
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