smarmily

1. 1.

   in an unctuous manner

   Synonymsunctuouslyfulsomely

Questions about smarmily

What does smarmily mean?

smarmily means "in an unctuous manner".

How many syllables are in smarmily?

smarmily has 3 syllables and divides as smar-mi-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for smarmily?

Close synonyms include unctuously, fulsomely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is smarmily a common word?

smarmily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.