Smotheriness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being smothery. uncountable

    "In order to escape the smotheriness of a closely built up city and because it was cheaper, I lived pretty well out to the limits of Clamport […]"

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"In order to escape the smotheriness of a closely built up city and because it was cheaper, I lived pretty well out to the limits of Clamport […]"

Etymology

From smothery + -ness.

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