Smelly Definition

smĕlē

smellier, smelliest

adjective

smellier, smelliest

Having an unpleasant smell.

Webster's New World

(figuratively) Having a quality that arouses suspicion.

The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case".

Wiktionary

(figuratively, computing, slang, in extreme programming) Of inferior quality.

That smelly code needs to be refactored.

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Other Word Forms of Smelly

Base Form:

smelly

Comparative:

smellier

Superlative:

smelliest

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