smooth-spoken
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of smooth-spoken
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Interrogation scenes are a staple of crime shows, where wily, smooth-spoken police officers in closed rooms strategically grill their subjects into telling all.
From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2019
Last week shrewd, smooth-spoken Mr. Johnston added to his stature.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most Rev. Pierre Gerlier, well-loved and smooth-spoken bishop of the French diocese which includes the famed shrine of Lourdes, who was raised last summer to be Archbishop of Lyons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Senator Phipps, smooth-spoken, onetime vice president of the Carnegie Steel Co., hence the best-dressed man in the Senate, represents the State of Colorado.
From Time Magazine Archive
Others noticed the change which had come over the once sleek, smooth-spoken young man.
From Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir by Garvice, Charles
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