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unsmelly

adj

Etymology

From un- + smelly.

  1. inherited from smel
  2. derived from *smel-✻ — “to burn, smoke, smoulder; tar, pitch”
  3. inherited from *smallijan✻ — “to glow, burn, smoulder”
  4. inherited from *smyllan✻
  5. inherited from smellen
  6. suffixed as smelly — “smell + y”
  7. formed as unsmelly — “un- + smelly”

Definitions

  1. Not smelly

    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.
    • 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[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA