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Definition of "seamy" [seam•y]
- Sordid; base: "seamy tales of aberrant sexual practices, messy divorces, drug addiction, mental instability, and suicide attempts” ( Barbara Goldsmith). (adjective)
- Having, marked with, or showing a seam. (adjective)
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Use "seamy" in a sentence
- "2 Apr. 403/1 He appreciated to a considerable extent, what we may perhaps venture to call the seamy side of human affairs."
- "Shakespeare's use of "seamy" in this passage of Othello is also a pun -- appearance seeming and reality is a major theme of the play."
- "In the course of conversation my wife happened to use the word "seamy," and it suddenly occurred to me to wonder why the word means what it does."
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