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smooth-tongued

[ smooth -tuhngd ]

/ ˈsmuðˈtʌŋd /

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adjective

fluent or convincing in speech; glib.

Origin of smooth-tongued

First recorded in 1585–95

Words nearby smooth-tongued

smooth sumac, smooth-faced, smooth-shaven, smooth-spoken, smooth-talk, smooth-tongued, smoothbore, smoothen, smoothhound, smoothie, smoothing circuit

Example sentences from the Web for smooth-tongued

Curse Geoffrey Trethick for a smooth-tongued, heartless, brazen scoundrel!

The Vicar's People |George Manville Fenn
Slick, slik, adj. smooth: smooth-tongued: dexterous in movement or action.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) |Various
He is in debt to every merchant of the place—a smooth-tongued deceiver.

Two Penniless Princesses |Charlotte M. Yonge
How shall we keep ourselves from the smooth-tongued villain's throat?

The Chaplet of Pearls |Charlotte M. Yonge

If you had had him, instead of that smooth-tongued imbecile Fanferlot, your case would have been settled long ago.

File No. 113 |Emile Gaboriau

British Dictionary definitions for smooth-tongued

smooth-tongued

adjective

suave or persuasive in speech