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smooth-spoken

[smooth -spoh-kuh n]
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adjective
  1. speaking or spoken easily and softly.
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Origin of smooth-spoken

First recorded in 1815–25
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Related Words for smooth-spoken

glib, sly, deft, skillful, smooth, shrewd, sophisticated, sharp, outspoken, vociferous, eloquent, articulate, expressive, blunt, strident, forthright, vivid, impassioned, forceful, persuasive

Examples from the Web for smooth-spoken

Historical Examples of smooth-spoken

  • The most dangerous man was apt to be quiet and smooth-spoken.

    The Story of the Outlaw

    Emerson Hough

  • Damn the insolent, smooth-spoken knave of hearts, and confound the women!

    Prisoners of Hope

    Mary Johnston

  • Among them was the smooth-spoken corregidor, now woefully crestfallen.

    Antony Waymouth

    W.H.G. Kingston

  • He was not a smooth-spoken fellow, but he did not wish to offend Lord Medenham.

  • He watched the newspapers, too—but no longer was he to be taken in by smooth-spoken agents.

    The Jungle

    Upton Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for smooth-spoken

smooth-spoken

adjective
  1. speaking or spoken in a gently persuasive or competent manner
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