smooth
| 11. | undisturbed, tranquil, or equable, as the feelings, temper, etc.; serene: a smooth disposition. |
| 12. | elegant, easy, or polished: smooth manners. |
| 13. | ingratiatingly polite or suave: That salesman is a smooth talker. |
| 14. | free from harshness, sharpness, or bite; bland or mellow, as cheese or wine. |
–adverb
| 17. | in a smooth manner; smoothly. |
–verb (used with people) | 20. | to free from difficulties. |
| 23. | to tranquilize, calm, or soothe (a person, the feelings, etc.). |
Origin: bef. 1050; (adj.) ME
smothe, late OE
smōth; cf. ME
smethe, OE
smēthe smooth; c. OS
smōthi; (v.) late ME
smothen, deriv. of the adj.; r. ME
smethen, OE
smēth(
i)
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