Everything proceeded with a smoothness and precision born of training drills.
Mace threw himself onto the stretcher, and Carter and Larson started moving, trying to achieve a balance of speed and smoothness.
Cody's planes are noted for their neatness, rigidity and smoothness.
They praised his eyes' alertness, the smoothness of his muscles.
smoothness, color and thickness are other attributes of the bark to be noted.
All about her she could feel the smoothness of a falling trap.
Boat Frank was very proud of the smoothness and polish of his trays.
He was mildly surprised at the smoothness with which matters proceeded.
Then a wing is carved off, and lastly a leg, which he polishes to the smoothness of a drumstick.
Lady Delahaye disturbed the smoothness of my turf with the point of her parasol.
Old English smoð "smooth, serene, calm," variant of smeðe "free from roughness, not harsh, polished; soft; suave; agreeable," of unknown origin and with no known cognates. Of words, looks, "pleasant, polite, sincere" late 14c., but later "flattering, insinuating" (mid-15c.). Slang meaning "superior, classy, clever" is attested from 1893. Sense of "stylish" is from 1922.
Smooth-bore in reference 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 Old English form was smeðe, and there is a dialectal smeeth found in places names, e.g. Smithfield, Smedley.
late Old English smoþ "to make smooth," replacing smeðan "to smooth, soften, polish; appease, soothe;" smeðian "smoothen, become smooth," from the source of smooth (adj.). Meaning "to make smooth" is c.1200. Related: Smoothed; smoothing. Middle English also had a verb form smoothen (mid-14c.).
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Excellent; pleasing; attractive: Boy, she was smooth (1893+ Students)
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