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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.