[f. as prec.] The state, character or quality of being smudgy.

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1864.  Spectator, 31 Dec., 1511. Some of the smudginess that here and there disfigures the fac-similes.

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1881.  Academy, 13 Aug., 128/2. These reproductions … are pervaded by an unpleasant smudginess.

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