noun
- A texture without roughness; smooth to the touch.
- usage: "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board"
- Powerful and effective language.
- usage: "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police"
- The quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner.
- The quality of having a level and even surface.
- usage: "the water was a glassy smoothness"; "the weather system of the Pacific is determined by the uninterrupted smoothness of the ocean"
- The quality of being free from errors or interruptions.
- usage: "the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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