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  1. adjective Having a surface free from irregularities, roughness, or projections; even. See Synonyms at level.
  2. adjective Having a fine texture: a smooth fabric.
  3. adjective Free from hair, whiskers, or stubble: felt his smooth cheek after the close shave.
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  • And even more bothersome was the fact that he knew what she felt like: her skin warm and petal-smooth, her mouth soft and inviting. —  Mary Balogh - Daring Masquerade.html
  • Hugo was evidently following the pattern of his father; though his skin was smooth, his head fair-haired, and his face innocent, he was very small for his age and already somewhat gnarled. —  Dragon on a Pedestal
  • Age and use had made the metal shiny and smooth, and the large ivory grips were as smooth as pearls from much use. —  143 - Violent Night
  • And where a man was smooth, the thing was gnarled, its limbs marked by uneven lumps and swirls. —  Challenging Destiny #18
  • The trail was too smooth, and slid along a trough that no animal or herd could have made. —  Challenging Destiny #18
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  1. Middle English smothe, from Old English smōth.

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  1. from Middle English smoothe, smothe, also smethe (later English dial. smeeth), from Anglo-Saxon smōthe, in earliest form smōthi (only in neg. unsmōthe, unsmōthi), usually with umlaut smēthe, Old Northumbrian smōthe, usually with umlaut smoethe, smooth, = Middle Low German smōde, Low German smode, smoede, also smoe, also Middle Low German smōdich, Low German smödig, smooth, malleable, ductile; related to Middle Dutch smedigh, smijdigh, Dutch smijdig = Middle Low German smidich, Low German smidig, malleable, = Middle High German gesmīdic, German geschmeidig, malleable, ductile, smooth, = Swedish Danish smidig, pliable; to Old High German gesmidi, gesmīda, metal, Middle High German gesmīde, metal, metal weapons or ornaments, German geschmeide, ornaments; and ult. to English smith: see smith. The related forms smooth and smith, and the other forms above cited, with Icelandic smīdh = Swedish smide, smiths' work, etc., point to an orig. strong verb, Gothic (Moesogothic) *smeīthan (preterit *smaith, past participle *smithans) = Anglo-Saxon *smithan (preterit *smāth, past participle *smithen), forge (metals); cf. Swedish dial. smida (preterit smed, past participle smiden), smooth. Smooth would then mean orig. ‘forged,’ ‘flattened with the hammer’ (cf. Swedish smidesjern = Danish smedejern, ‘wrought-iron’); ult. √ smi, work in metals, forge: see smith.
  2. Also smoothe; from Middle English smoothen, smothen, smothien, smethien, from Anglo-Saxon smēthian (= Low German smœden), from smēthe, smooth: see smooth, adjective
 

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