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(satellite adjective) lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly" |
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(noun) the act of smoothing; "he gave is hair a quick smooth" |
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Related Words: accomplishment, achievement |
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(verb) make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood" |
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Synonyms: smoothen |
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Related Words: change surface, file, rake, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, strip |
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Antonyms: roughen |
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(verb) free from obstructions; "smooth the way towards peace negociations" |
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Synonyms: smooth out |
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Related Words: disembarrass, free, rid |
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(adjective) having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities; "smooth skin"; "a smooth tabletop"; "smooth fabric"; "a smooth road"; "water as smooth as a mirror" |
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Antonyms: rough |
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(adjective) (botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth |
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Antonyms: rough |
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(adjective) without chinks or crannies |
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Synonyms: uncrannied |
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(satellite adjective) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability"_ Ezra Pound |
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Synonyms: politic, suave |
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(verb) of surfaces; "shine the silver, please"; "shine my shoes" |
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Synonyms: polish, shine, smoothen |
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Related Words: Simonize, beautify, buff, burnish, embellish, flush, furbish, prettify, sleek, slick |
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(satellite adjective) not marked with wrinkles; "unwrinkled cheeks" |
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Synonyms: unwrinkled |
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(adjective) (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage" |
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Synonyms: legato |
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(satellite adjective) smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose" |
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Synonyms: flowing, fluent, fluid, liquid |
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