Smooth
[n] the act of smoothing; "he gave is hair a quick smooth"
[adj] without chinks or crannies
[adj] lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly"
[adj] 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
[adj] smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace of a ballerina"; "liquid prose"
[adj] 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"
[adj] not marked with wrinkles; "unwrinkled cheeks"
[adj] (botany) of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
[adj] (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage"
[v] (of surfaces) make shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish my shoes"
[v] make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood"
[v] free from obstructions; "smooth the way towards peace negociations"
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Synonyms
ceraceous, creaseless, diplomatic, diplomatical, easy, entire, fast, flowing, fluent, fluid, glassy, glossy, graceful, legato, liquid, marmoreal, marmorean, polish, politic, repand, satin(a), satiny, seamless, shine, silken, silklike, silky, sinuate, slee