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Noun: smoothness  smoodh-nus
  1. A texture without roughness; smooth to the touch
    "admiring the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer the smoothness of a board"
     
  2. 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"
     
  3. The quality of being free from errors or interruptions
    "the five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified"
     
  4. The quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner
    "The salesman's smoothness helped him close many deals";
    - suavity, suaveness, blandness
     
  5. Ease and grace of movement or flow
    "The smoothness of the dance performance";
    - fluency

Type of: effortlessness, evenness, graciousness, invariability, texture

Antonym: raggedness

Encyclopedia: Smoothness