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Meanings of smarmy in inglés

Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech.

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Usage of smarmy in inglés
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Actually, those two pretty much set off my smarmy meter twenty-four, seven.
Touching darkness
2
Instead, on the dais, he wore his usual expression of smarmy piety.
Wired
3
I need that file. Davis blew Ana a smarmy kiss and obeyed.
Deadly little secrets
4
Their responses to widespread, serious criticism can be grandiose and smarmy.
Wired
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It also explained the smarmy director, who'd given me a few creepy looks.
Gentlemen prefer succubi
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The smarmy prosecution QC came across and firmly shook my hand.
Silks
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Even on this form you're more than a match for Welsby's smarmy gibberish.
The Guardian
8
Dennis scowled, then forced his face back into its usual smarmy good nature.
The Bride Wore Black Leather
9
Jacobs was smarmy, but he was actually quite a nice guy.
Life
10
He represents the kind of smarmy upper-middle-classness I don't like, really.
The Guardian
11
It is fuel for the smart-arse fire of a smarmy brat.
The South African
12
Bryan cuts a smarmy promo about being smarter than everyone else.
The South African
13
The guy was as smarmy as a snake-oil salesman from Matamoros.
Deadly Décisions
14
What a fool he'd been, falling into the smarmy guy's trap.
Running scared
15
Corbin is actually fantastic in this role, his delivery is smarmy and on point.
The South African
16
It comes bound in an annoying leather case that smacks of smarmy corporate importance.
Wired
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