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How to pronounce smoothness in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms eloquence, fluency
Type of expressive style, style


his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police.
Type Words
Synonyms blandness, suaveness, suavity
Type of graciousness
Derivation smooth
Type Words
Type of texture
Has types polish, silkiness, sleekness, slick, slickness, slip, slipperiness, fineness, gloss, glossiness, burnish, powderiness
Derivation smooth


admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs.
some artists prefer the smoothness of a board.
Type Words
Type of effortlessness
Derivation smooth


the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified.
Type Words
Type of evenness, invariability
Derivation smooth


the water was a glassy smoothness.
the weather system of the Pacific is determined by the uninterrupted smoothness of the ocean.

Examples of smoothness

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The tooth, Druckman says, has a smoothness of ivory and a tremendous heft to it.
From the delawareonline.com
Judges assign credit for smoothness, finesse, attitude, quickness and authority.
From the kentucky.com
Then finish blowing out the rest of the hair in the same manner for smoothness.
From the kansas.com
Silicones add smoothness and menthol and mint soothe skin, leaving a soft feel.
From the nzherald.co.nz
It may also be they focus him on smoothness rather than fighting the mechanics.
From the economist.com
A few dabs of unsalted butter give a much-needed savory smoothness to the dish.
From the dailyherald.com
The smoothness of the transition was exactly how Atta Mills would have wanted it.
From the edition.cnn.com
Each such usage attempts to invoke the physically intuitive notion of smoothness.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Our money would go to the petrol-powered 320i for its smoothness and flexibility.
From the smh.com.au
More examples
  • A texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board"
  • Eloquence: 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"
  • Suavity: the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner
  • 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"
  • The quality of being free from errors or interruptions; "the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified"
  • In mathematical analysis, a differentiability class is a classification of functions according to the properties of their derivatives. Higher order differentiability classes correspond to the existence of more derivatives. Functions that have derivatives of all orders are called smooth.
  • In probability theory and statistics, smoothness of a density function is a measure which determines how many times the density function can be differentiated, or equivalently the limiting behavior of distributionu2019s characteristic function.
  • The condition of being smooth
  • That quality of paper defined by its levelness which allows for pressure consistency in printing, assuring uniformity of print.