adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a slick, smarmy public relations officer
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He's been criticized for his smarmy behavior when interviewing celebrities.
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He fooled us with his soft smarmy ways.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Andy Williams, of course, was always smug and smarmy .
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Miss Green didn't take her in, did she, with her soft, smarmy ways?
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They warned that politicians, once infused with a sense of providential mission, could morph into smarmy tyrants.
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This is not just a smarmy pep talk but an unflinching discussion of real angst and a real adjustment process.