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unsmelly en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + smelly.

Meanings

  1. Not smelly; not having an unpleasant smell
    • Generally speaking, parts of the human body are considered beautiful if round, firm, smooth, dry, unsmelly and clean. 2008, Ernest Gellner, The Psychoanalytic Movement: The Cunning of Unreason, page 25:
    • We also live in such unsmelly times, with most everyone bathing and washing clothes regularly, and public sanitation working invisibly and reliably to sweep away the foul detritus of the day[…] 2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, Perfumes: The A-Z Guide, page 45:

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more unsmelly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unsmelly Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

unstinky