"seamy" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From seam + -y.",
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    {
      "form": "seamier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "seamiest",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2013, Sam Jones, Shiv Malik, “Lou Reed, lead singer of Velvet Undergound, dies aged 71”, in The Guardian Online:",
          "text": "Lou Reed, lead singer of the Velvet Underground, veteran chronicler of life's wilder, seamier and more desperate side and one of the most influential and distinctive songwriters of his generation has died at the age of 71.",
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        {
          "text": "1987, David Brin, The Uplift War, Phantasia Press\nShe just hadn't been aware, having considered such tales rather seamy while growing up."
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        "Sordid, squalid or corrupt."
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          "text": "1964, Philip Larkin, ”The Whitsun Weddings”, Faber & Faber\nThe fathers with broad belts under their suits\nAnd seamy foreheads; mothers loud and fat;"
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        "Having or showing a seam."
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          "seam",
          "seam"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiːmi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːmi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "seamy"
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  "etymology_text": "From seam + -y.",
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      "form": "seamier",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "seamiest",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "ref": "2013, Sam Jones, Shiv Malik, “Lou Reed, lead singer of Velvet Undergound, dies aged 71”, in The Guardian Online:",
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        }
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        "Sordid, squalid or corrupt."
      ],
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        [
          "Sordid",
          "sordid"
        ],
        [
          "squalid",
          "squalid"
        ],
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          "corrupt",
          "corrupt"
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    },
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        {
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          "seam",
          "seam"
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