smirky, a. Sc. and U.S.
(ˈsmɜːrkɪ)
Also 8–9 smerky.
[f. smirk n. or a. + -y.]
Smart, neat, smiling; simpering; of the nature of a smirk.
| 17.. Ramsay To Duncan Forbes v. Wks. 1877 II. 318 How smirky look'd the little wight. 1835 Fraser's Mag. XI. 229 A very haughty dame among her fellow-servants of her own sex, but rather smirky and sly with the men. 1848 [A. B. Longstreet] Georgia Scenes 197, I overtook a swarthy, bright-eyed, smerky little fellow. 1880 ‘Mark Twain’ Tramp Abr. ii. 92 He introduced himself, smiling a smirky smile borrowed from the courtiers of the stage. |