Smoothly
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adjective
1.
free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
2.
generally flat or unruffled, as a calm sea.
3.
free from hairs or a hairy growth: a smooth cheek.
4.
of uniform consistency; free from lumps, as a batter, sauce, etc.
5.
free from or proceeding without abrupt curves, bends, etc.: a smooth ride.
6.
allowing or having an even, uninterrupted movement or flow: smooth driving.
7.
easy and uniform, as motion or the working of a machine.
8.
having projections worn away: a smooth tire casing.
9.
free from hindrances or difficulties: a smooth day at the office.
10.
noting a metal file having the minimum commercial grade of coarseness for a single-cut file. Compare dead-smooth.
11.
undisturbed, tranquil, or equable, as the feelings, temper, etc.; serene: a smooth disposition.
12.
elegant, easy, or polished: smooth manners.
13.
ingratiatingly polite or suave: That salesman is a smooth talker.
14.
free from harshness, sharpness, or bite; bland or mellow, as cheese or wine.
15.
not harsh to the ear, as sound: the smooth music of a ballroom dance band.
16.
Phonetics. without aspiration.
adverb
17.
in a smooth manner; smoothly.
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verb (used with object)
18.
to make smooth of surface, as by scraping, planing, or pressing.
19.
to remove (projections, ridges, wrinkles, etc.) in making something smooth (often followed by away or out ).
20.
to free from difficulties.
21.
to remove (obstacles) from a path (often followed by away ).
22.
to make more polished, elegant, or agreeable, as wording or manners.
noun
Verb phrases 25.
act of smoothing: She adjusted the folds with a smooth of her hand.
26.
something that is smooth; a smooth part or place: through the rough and the smooth.
27.
smooth over, to make seem less severe, disagreeable, or irreconcilable; allay; mitigate: He smoothed over my disappointment with kind words.
Origin:
before 1050; (adj.) Middle English smothe, late Old English smōth; compare Middle English smethe, Old English smēthe smooth; cognate with Old Saxon smōthi; (v.) late Middle English smothen, derivative of the adj.; replacing Middle English smethen, Old English smēth(i)an
before 1050; (adj.) Middle English smothe, late Old English smōth; compare Middle English smethe, Old English smēthe smooth; cognate with Old Saxon smōthi; (v.) late Middle English smothen, derivative of the adj.; replacing Middle English smethen, Old English smēth(i)an
Related forms
smooth·a·ble, adjective
smooth·er, noun
smooth·ly, adverb
smooth·ness, noun
o·ver·smooth, adjective
o·ver·smooth·ly, adverb
o·ver·smooth·ness, noun
pre·smooth, verb (used with object)
re·smooth, verb (used with object)
un·smooth, adjective
un·smooth·ly, adverb
un·smooth·ness, noun
un·smoothed, adjective
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smooth (smuːð) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | resting in the same plane; without bends or irregularities |
| 2. | silky to the touch: smooth velvet |
| 3. | lacking roughness of surface; flat |
| 4. | tranquil or unruffled: smooth temper |
| 5. | lacking obstructions or difficulties |
| 6. | a. suave or persuasive, esp as suggestive of insincerity |
| b. (in combination): smooth-tongued | |
| 7. | (of the skin) free from hair |
| 8. | of uniform consistency: smooth batter |
| 9. | not erratic; free from jolts: smooth driving |
| 10. | not harsh or astringent: a smooth wine |
| 11. | having all projections worn away: smooth tyres |
| 12. | maths (of a curve) differentiable at every point |
| 13. | phonetics without preliminary or simultaneous aspiration |
| 14. | gentle to the ear; flowing |
| 15. | physics (of a plane, surface, etc) regarded as being frictionless |
| —adv | |
| 16. | in a calm or even manner; smoothly |
| —vb (often foll by down) (often foll by out | |
| 17. | to make or become flattened or without roughness or obstructions |
| 18. | to take or rub (away) in order to make smooth: she smoothed out the creases in her dress |
| 19. | to make calm; soothe |
| 20. | to make easier: smooth his path |
| 21. | electrical engineering to remove alternating current ripple from the output of a direct current power supply |
| 22. | obsolete to make more polished or refined |
| —n | |
| 23. | the smooth part of something |
| 24. | the act of smoothing |
| 25. | tennis, squash, badminton Compare rough the side of a racket on which the binding strings form a continuous line |
| [Old English smōth; related to Old Saxon māthmundi gentle-minded, smōthi smooth] | |
| 'smoothable | |
| —adj | |
| 'smoother | |
| —n | |
| 'smoothly | |
| —adv | |
| 'smoothness | |
| —n | |
| smooth (smuːð) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | resting in the same plane; without bends or irregularities |
| 2. | silky to the touch: smooth velvet |
| 3. | lacking roughness of surface; flat |
| 4. | tranquil or unruffled: smooth temper |
| 5. | lacking obstructions or difficulties |
| 6. | a. suave or persuasive, esp as suggestive of insincerity |
| b. (in combination): smooth-tongued | |
| 7. | (of the skin) free from hair |
| 8. | of uniform consistency: smooth batter |
| 9. | not erratic; free from jolts: smooth driving |
| 10. | not harsh or astringent: a smooth wine |
| 11. | having all projections worn away: smooth tyres |
| 12. | maths (of a curve) differentiable at every point |
| 13. | phonetics without preliminary or simultaneous aspiration |
| 14. | gentle to the ear; flowing |
| 15. | physics (of a plane, surface, etc) regarded as being frictionless |
| —adv | |
| 16. | in a calm or even manner; smoothly |
| —vb (often foll by down) (often foll by out | |
| 17. | to make or become flattened or without roughness or obstructions |
| 18. | to take or rub (away) in order to make smooth: she smoothed out the creases in her dress |
| 19. | to make calm; soothe |
| 20. | to make easier: smooth his path |
| 21. | electrical engineering to remove alternating current ripple from the output of a direct current power supply |
| 22. | obsolete to make more polished or refined |
| —n | |
| 23. | the smooth part of something |
| 24. | the act of smoothing |
| 25. | tennis, squash, badminton Compare rough the side of a racket on which the binding strings form a continuous line |
| [Old English smōth; related to Old Saxon māthmundi gentle-minded, smōthi smooth] | |
| 'smoothable | |
| —adj | |
| 'smoother | |
| —n | |
| 'smoothly | |
| —adv | |
| 'smoothness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
smooth
O.E. smoð "free from roughness, not harsh," of unknown origin. Sense of "pleasant, polite, sincere" first recorded c.1390. Slang meaning "superior, classy, clever" is attested from 1893. The verb is first recorded c.1440. Smooth-bore in ref. to guns is from 1812. smooth talk (v.) is recorded from
1950. A 1599 dictionary has smoothboots "a flatterer, a faire spoken man, a cunning tongued fellow." The usual O.E. form was smeðe, and there is a dial. smeeth found in places names, e.g. Smithfield, Smedley.
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Example sentences
How something so complex operates so smoothly has fascinated scientists for centuries.
If the search goes smoothly, chances are the transition will too.
Phones and religious beliefs do not always mix smoothly, however.
Subsequent research by others has confirmed the importance of immune molecules in keeping the brain functioning smoothly.
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