smooth
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4.4
- adjective
- /smuːð/
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encantador
- During the meeting, her smooth demeanor helped ease the tension among the team members.
He's a very smooth talking, smooth looking China man.
- He's a very smooth talking, smooth looking China man.
- And I'm like you smooth talker you, I love big checks.
- He's such a cool, smooth, slick dude.
- So he's not very smooth when it comes to women and that, you know.
- So, but anyhow, you know, and Eddie was the smoothest dude, bro.
- He's pretty smooth, but that does hurt.
- He I when Joe looking, he's deep, he's smooth, so smooth.
- I know I'm not slick and smooth, pink and fluffy.
Examples
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The phone rang, and he heard her chatting in her smooth, flat voice.
Fiction book (1990) -
"How suitable, Katy," she said, in the smooth, vicious voice she had learned from Mrs. Shevvington.
Fiction book (1990) -
Gotta hand it to this guy, very smooth.
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You always have a very smooth explanation ready, huh?
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It's just very, very smooth, nice and rosy.
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Damien was about to speak when another voice, smooth as the night air and nearly as quiet, intruded.
Fiction book (1991) -
He spoke very gently, very smooth, like he was calm and tranquil.
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Everything about him was performance: the half-smile, the smooth sweep of the leathered arm.
Fiction book (1990) -
He's a smooth operator
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He always knows the right words to make everyone feel comfortable; his manner is so smooth.
Synonyms
91
4.7
Very smooth and attractive but not sincere or deep
18
7.1
Confident and charming in a smooth, polite way, often about a man
2
3.9
Polite and calm in a way that avoids strong feeling
A person who speaks in a calm, charming way to persuade others
Someone who persuades people using clever, dishonest talk
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.9
Muscle in the walls of organs and blood vessels that works without thinking
- Specialized
A small shark that lives along the Atlantic coast of the Americas with smooth skin and a thin body
- Specialized
A small shark that lives on the sea bottom along the Atlantic coasts of North and South America
- Specialized
A round fungus with smooth outer skin when young that cracks and darkens
- Specialized
A thin snake with smooth green scales, not poisonous, living in meadows and open woods in the United States
- US
A North American plant that lives many years with smooth leaves and pale violet flowers
- Australian
A large Australian tree with a smooth pale trunk and light soft wood used for building
- Specialized
A low lawn weed with smooth stems and leaves that spreads by seeds and roots
- Australian
A plant from eastern Australia with bright blue, purple, or red flowers
- Specialized
A large shark with a smooth, hammer-shaped head often fished for its liver and skin
- Specialized
A small green plant with smooth edges on its leaves that grows in shady rocky places
A river turtle with a flat, smooth, rubbery shell that lives in flowing water
- US
A common shrub from eastern North America with smooth, waxy leaves and clusters of red berries
- Specialized
A long thin cell that makes muscle in organs and blood vessels move without you controlling it
How Smooth
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word smooth comes from the old English smōþ, meaning 'even' or 'polished', so a 'smooth' person feels like someone with no rough edges—confident, polite, and easy to be with.