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Smoother   /smˈuðər/   Listen
Smoother

noun
1.
A power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor.  Synonyms: drum sander, electric sander, sander.



Smooth

adjective
(compar. smoother; superl. smoothest)
1.
Having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities.  "A smooth tabletop" , "Smooth fabric" , "A smooth road" , "Water as smooth as a mirror"
2.
Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication.  Synonyms: bland, politic, suave.  "The manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
3.
Of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth.
4.
Smooth and unconstrained in movement.  Synonyms: fluent, fluid, liquid.  "The fluid motion of a cat" , "The liquid grace of a ballerina"
5.
(music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected.  Synonym: legato.
6.
Of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence.
7.
Lacking obstructions or difficulties.
8.
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves.  Synonyms: placid, quiet, still, tranquil, unruffled.  "The quiet waters of a lagoon" , "A lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky" , "A smooth channel crossing" , "Scarcely a ripple on the still water" , "Unruffled water"



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"Smoother" Quotes from Famous Books



... tuition of the Advocate and favoured the party which he had been so vehemently opposing, that he might regret and prove willing to retract. But for the time being the course of politics had seemed running smoother. The acrimony of the relations between the English government and dominant party at the Hague was sensibly diminished. The King seemed for an instant to have obtained a true insight into the nature of the struggle ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... rough edges on this bench? Please take this end; I think I recall that it is smoother than ...
— Mrs. Red Pepper • Grace S. Richmond

... these sinister facts?" Charles was getting smoother, more unctuous, more happy, all the time. It was the little curl of his lip, so hateful, so familiar, with which he said these words, which seemed to snap something in Henry's brain. He pushed back his chair and sprang to his feet, breathless ...
— Mystery at Geneva - An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings • Rose Macaulay

... in which it would not be my first interest to be honest?" said Andrew. "Would not my judgment be quickened by the compulsion and the danger? In no danger myself, might I not judge too leniently of things from which I should myself recoil? Selfishly smoother with regard to others, because less anxious about their honesty than my own, might I not yield them what, were I in the case, I should see at once I dared not allow to myself? I can perceive no use in ...
— The Elect Lady • George MacDonald

... out exactly as MIGNON prophesied. But if you think that you've come to the end of MIGNON, I can only say you're very much astray, or as EMILY, with his smooth silky voice, and his smoother silkier manners, would have said, "You'wre wewry much astwray." See my ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 99., November 8, 1890 • Various


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