smooth-shaven

[ smooth-shey-vuhn ]

adjective
  1. having the beard and mustache shaved off; clean-shaven.

Origin of smooth-shaven

1
First recorded in 1625–35

Words Nearby smooth-shaven

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How to use smooth-shaven in a sentence

  • He was a man a little under middle age, of medium height and thick-set, with black hair and a pale, smooth-shaven face.

    The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith
  • He was a man with a fine, smooth shaven face of the kind that might belong equally well to either a very fine actor or a judge.

    Happy House | Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg
  • He is a smug, self-satisfied looking man of about thirty-five, smooth-shaven, except for small side-whiskers.

    The Brass Bottle | F. Anstey
  • It was a man about fifty years of age, tall, smooth-shaven, and wearing clothes of a foreign cut.

  • Instead of being smooth shaven, he wore a very long mustache which dropped its ends below his chin.

    Lazarre | Mary Hartwell Catherwood