smooth-faced
Americanadjective
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beardless; smooth-shaven.
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having a smooth or polished surface, as a stone.
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deceitfully ingratiating.
Etymology
Origin of smooth-faced
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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There is something both unnerving and poignant about seeing these familiar faces turned into younger versions of themselves, because they don’t quite recapture the smooth-faced stars we remember.
From New York Times
From the neck down he was the same old Grandpa Blakeslee; from the neck up he was a distinguished, smooth-faced stranger who looked kind of familiar.
From Literature
At its climax our heroes must escape from certain death deep underground and then, without ropes or handholds, somehow scale the 80 feet of a smooth-faced well that is rapidly filling with water.
From Washington Post
Twitter users, too, were quick to comment on the smooth-faced actor.
From Fox News
Years of nongrowing, from being a seventeen-year-old, smooth-faced idealist hunched over a book in his Harlem apartment, to becoming a smooth-faced veteran of twenty hunched over a beer in a post exchange.
From Literature
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