smothery

English

Etymology

From smother +‎ -y.

Adjective

smothery (comparative more smothery, superlative most smothery)

  1. Tending to smother; [smothering]]; stifling.
    • 1880, Robert Browning, “Pan and Luna”, in Dramatic Idyls: Second Series, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 143:
      But what means this? The downy swathes combine, / Conglobe, the smothery coy-caressing stuff / Curdles about her!

References
  • smothery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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