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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch;
- Example: "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"
- Example: "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board"

2. powerful and effective language;
- Example: "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"
- Example: "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"
- Example: "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police"
[syn: eloquence, fluency, smoothness]

3. the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner;
[syn: suavity, suaveness, blandness, smoothness]

4. the quality of having a level and even surface;
- Example: "the water was a glassy smoothness"
- Example: "the weather system of the Pacific is determined by the uninterrupted smoothness of the ocean"

5. the quality of being free from errors or interruptions;
- Example: "the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smoothness \Smooth"ness\, n. Quality or state of being smooth. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

smoothness n 1: a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board" [ant: raggedness, roughness] 2: powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police" [syn: eloquence, fluency, smoothness] 3: the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner [syn: suavity, suaveness, blandness, smoothness] 4: the quality of having a level and even surface; "the water was a glassy smoothness"; "the weather system of the Pacific is determined by the uninterrupted smoothness of the ocean" 5: the quality of being free from errors or interruptions; "the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified"