[f. SMEARY a. + -NESS.] The condition or character of being smeared or smeary.
1866. Cockayne, Sax. Leechd., III. 345/1. Neither of these plants [smearwort and smeardock] have any smeariness about them.
1901. Daily Chron., 14 June, 7/5. There is a general smeariness, a want of proper and thorough cleaning.
