Definition of "smeary" []

• Having been smeared. (adjective)
• Tending to smear or soil. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "My continued doubts about the Nikon 10-24 regard the "smeary" corners at wider focal lengths on most, but not all, images I've seen."
• "Place of Origin: Hebei, China (Mainland) copper wire recycling plant: used to extract the wire and make the wires into granula. copper wire recycling plant: specially used to process the automobile electricity route, the communication electric cable line and each kind of smeary mixed material electric cable line."
• "Through the smeary glass, Cara could just make out the neat white shutters of her own house across the street."