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smooth-faced

[ smooth -feyst ]

/ ˈsmuðˈfeɪst /

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adjective

beardless; smooth-shaven.

having a smooth or polished surface, as a stone.

deceitfully ingratiating.

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Origin of smooth-faced

First recorded in 1570–80

Words nearby smooth-faced

smooth muscle, smooth over, smooth sailing, smooth snake, smooth sumac, smooth-faced, smooth-shaven, smooth-spoken, smooth-talk, smooth-tongued, smoothbore

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Example sentences from the Web for smooth-faced

Now, the smooth-faced look like the creepy ones, the squares.
Leo, the Beard Has to Go: When a Man’s Facial Hair Reaches Crisis Point|Tim Teeman|September 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The congregation of smooth-faced tribal gentlemen were on watch at Seltzer's.
The Voice of the City|O. Henry
They laughed derisively at that, for the idea that this smooth-faced youth could give them points at poker seemed preposterous.
Frank Merriwell's Backers|Burt L. Standish
At his left hand, a smooth-faced, silent young man—his secretary.
The Double Four|E. Phillips Oppenheim

A smooth-faced paper is now floated on the liquid and allowed to dry.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884|Various
Claud was a short-haired, smooth-faced boy—the shadow cast on the blind was the silhouette of a broad-shouldered, bearded man.
Cursed by a Fortune|George Manville Fenn

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