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Adjective: smelly (smellier,smelliest)  sme-lee
  1. Offensively malodorous
    "a smelly odour";
    - fetid, foetid [Brit], foul, foul-smelling, funky [N. Amer, informal], noisome, stinking, ill-scented

Derived forms: smelliest, smellier

See also: ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], minging [Brit, informal], pongy [Brit, informal], stinky [informal], unpleasant-smelling, whiffy [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Smelly