Smelliest vs Shelliest - What's the difference?
smelliest | shelliest |
(smelly)
Having a bad smell.
(figuratively) having a quality that arouses suspicion.
(figuratively, computing, slang, in extreme programming) Of inferior quality.
(shelly)
, variant of Shelley.
transferred from the surname, mostly of persons born before 1930.
used since 1930s, variant of Shelley.
As adjectives the difference between smelliest and shelliest
is that smelliest is (smelly) while shelliest is (shelly).smelliest
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Adjective
(head)smelly
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Adjective
(er)- She was hesitant to remove her shoes, as her socks were rather smelly .
- The detective read the documents and thought, "Something sure is smelly about this case".
- That smelly code needs to be refactored.