Modifies a noun

• git: Tho if you answered the questions the exact way they give you, you would come across as a bit of a smarmy git.

• monkey: Clive, that smarmy monkey, always thinks he's the cleverest!

• face: Just look at that smarmy face - it makes you want to punch it, right?

• grin: Tony's most smarmy grin would drive any decent person to grab a pin.

Modifying Another Word

• too: Portillo is too smarmy for me, I quite like Gordon Brown.