smudgy
/ˈsmʌdʒi
/adjective (smudgier, smudgiest)
Having blurred or smeared marks on the surface: a smudgy photograph...
- It was a printed piece of computer paper, covered in the smudgy black scrawl of a scanned newspaper article.
- Papa gave every note, even the white slip with his name and ID number printed in smudgy ink, to Mama.
- He had left two smudgy fingerprints on the polished glass.
Derivatives
smudgily
- Like Hickman's piece above, this marvelously textured and smudgily colored work manifests a simplicity of presentation with a complication of content.
- They and other visitors certainly deserve a better selection of goods than those shown on page 38, or the smudgily printed teacloths and apron shown below.
- Usually on yellow tracing paper, most of the visualizations are done in pencil and colored pencil, and with their sensitive lines and smudgily applied color they are undoubtedly art.
smudginess
/ noun ...- The background was left empty and the smudginess of the portrait reflects the haste of the commission.
- This also gave them experience with the smudginess of pastels, so they could try to minimize smears and fingerprints on their work.
- As to grain, fairly evident in both black-and-white and color, it doesn't exhibit any smudginess to cause a softening of the image.