smooth

Forms

1.Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
- Smooth and slender and naked, Mary Rittersdorf faced her husband.
- Teaching that’s done by talking seems to have one rough path and another part which is smoother.
- The outlines must be smooth, […]imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities.
2.Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
- We hope for a smooth transition to the new system.
- England's path to Poland and Ukraine next summer looked to be a smooth one as goals from Ashley Young and Darren Bent gave them a comfortable lead after 31 minutes.
3.Bland; glib.
- This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft / Conceal a traitor.
- This feeling, grounded on the experience of centuries of oppression, was not to be allayed by smooth explanations on the part of the advocates of the Constitution.
4.Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.

1.Smoothly.
- The paths true love never ran smooth(ly).
- Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

1.Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
- Things are often equalized by roughs and smooths being set against one another.
- The smooth of his neck.
2.A smoothing action.
- She brushes down her hair with a little bit of spit and a smooth of her hand and opens the bright green door, walking a few metres, squinting.
3.A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
- In the 4-toe stock there is a wide gap between the lowest rough and the smooths which come from the same parents.

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Etymology tree

Old English smōþ

Middle English smothe

Proto-West Germanic *smanþī

Old English smēþe

Middle English smethe

English smooth