smoothness

smoothness
noun
1. a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch (Freq. 3)
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admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs

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some artists prefer the smoothness of a board

• Ant: ↑roughness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑smooth
• Hypernyms: ↑texture
• Hyponyms:
2. the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner
• Syn: ↑suavity, ↑suaveness, ↑blandness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑smooth, ↑bland (for: ↑blandness), ↑suave (for: ↑suaveness), ↑suave (for: ↑suavity)
• Hypernyms: ↑graciousness
3. powerful and effective language
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his eloquence attracted a large congregation

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fluency in spoken and written English is essential

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his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police

• Syn: ↑eloquence, ↑fluency
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fluent (for: ↑fluency), ↑eloquent (for: ↑eloquence)
• Hypernyms: ↑expressive style, ↑style
4. the quality of having a level and even surface
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the water was a glassy smoothness

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the weather system of the Pacific is determined by the uninterrupted smoothness of the ocean

• Derivationally related forms: ↑smooth
• Hypernyms: ↑evenness, ↑invariability
5. the quality of being free from errors or interruptions
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the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified

• Derivationally related forms: ↑smooth
• Hypernyms: ↑effortlessness

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