smooth-faced

[smooth-feyst]
adjective
1.
beardless; smooth-shaven.
2.
having a smooth or polished surface, as a stone.
3.
deceitfully ingratiating.

Origin:
1570–80

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smooth-faced

adjective
lacking hair on the face; "a smooth-faced boy of 14 years" [syn: beardless
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Example sentences
Smooth-faced limestone caps gables and frames lancets.
She seemed smooth-faced, with a certain absentminded perfection.
Smooth-faced stone forms the coping used as a broad rail.
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