smooth-shaven

[ smooth-shey-vuhn ]

/ ˈsmuðˈʃeɪ vən /

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adjective

having the beard and mustache shaved off; clean-shaven.

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Origin of smooth-shaven

First recorded in 1625–35

Words nearby smooth-shaven

smoothing iron, smooth muscle, smooth operator, smooth over, smooth sailing, smooth-shaven, smooth snake, smooth-spoken, smooth sumac, smooth-talk, smooth-tongued

How to use smooth-shaven in a sentence

He was a man a little under middle age, of medium height and thick-set, with black hair and a pale, smooth-shaven face.
The Rival Campers|Ruel Perley Smith
He was a man with a fine, smooth shaven face of the kind that might belong equally well to either a very fine actor or a judge.
Happy House|Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum Stolzenberg
He is a smug, self-satisfied looking man of about thirty-five, smooth-shaven, except for small side-whiskers.
The Brass Bottle|F. Anstey
It was a man about fifty years of age, tall, smooth-shaven, and wearing clothes of a foreign cut.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar|Maurice Leblanc

Instead of being smooth shaven, he wore a very long mustache which dropped its ends below his chin.
Lazarre|Mary Hartwell Catherwood