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smooth

Definition for smooth

adjective as in level, unwrinkled; flowing

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continuous, creamy, easy, effortless, flat, fluid, gentle, glossy, mild, peaceful, polished, quiet, serene, shiny, silky, sleek, soft, stable, steady, tranquil, uneventful, velvety

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even, flush, horizontal, invariable, plain, plane, regular, shaven, soothing, still, uniform

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bland, equable, fluent, frictionless, glassy, hairless, lustrous, mirrorlike, monotonous, planate, rhythmic, rippleless, unbroken, undeviating, undisturbed, uninterrupted, unruffled, untroubled, unvarying

adjective as in suave in behavior

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civilized, mellow, mild, pleasant, polished, slick

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agreeable, bland, courteous, courtly, facile, genial, glib, ingratiating, persuasive, polite, smarmy, unctuous, urbane

verb as in make level

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burnish, clear, even, flush, glaze, gloss, grade, iron, lay, level, perfect, plane, polish, press, refine, round, sand, sleek, slick, varnish

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verb as in make peace

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alleviate, ease, facilitate, iron out, mellow, mitigate, soften

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allay, appease, assuage, calm, comfort, cool, cool out, extenuate, mollify, palliate, pat, stroke

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pave the way, take the edge off, take the sting out

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Example Sentences

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Rather than giving the asteroid a consistent push, the effect of absorbing and re-emitting sunlight is smoothed out, so there's no preferred push in any direction.

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But she alleges in the lawsuit that the road to the position was anything but smooth.

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The smooth resolution came after a bumpy start.

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Turner’s Philadelphia tenure didn’t get off to the smoothest start.

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However, it was mostly smooth sailing from there.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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