smooth
/smuːð/ adverb C2- Smoothly. · smooth-running, smooth-tongued, smooth-spoken· The paths true love never ran smooth(ly).
Comparative smoother · Superlative smoothest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I had the hint from Holmes that this smooth-faced pawnbroker’s assistant was a formidable man—a man who might play a deep game.
“Thanks, Danglars—that will smooth over all difficulties.
The road was smooth and well paved, now, and the country about was beautiful, so that the travelers rejoiced in leaving the forest far behind, and with it the many dangers they had met in its gloomy shades.
It was a very tall tree, and the trunk was so smooth that no one could climb it; but the Woodman said at once, “I’ll chop it down, and then we can get the Scarecrow’s clothes.”
Other matches
- smooth Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough. A2
- smooth To make smooth or even. C2
- smooth Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly... C2
- smooth away To remove or conceal by smoothing
- smooth down To render smooth, to remove roughness from
- smooth out To make smooth.
- smooth over To make
- smooth up To make thoroughly smooth
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