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smooth-tongued

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smooth-tongued (smtngd)
adj.
Speaking or spoken in an artfully suave manner; ingratiating. See Synonyms at glib.
smooth-tongued
adj
suave or persuasive in speech
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Adj.1.smooth-tongued - artfully persuasive in speech; "a glib tongue"; "a smooth-tongued hypocrite"
glib-tongued, glib
persuasive - intended or having the power to induce action or belief; "persuasive eloquence"; "a most persuasive speaker"; "a persuasive argument"
Translations
smooth-tongued [ˈsmuːðˈtʌŋd] ADJ → zalamero, meloso


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The farmer who had been so churlish with Tess was quite smooth-tongued to Clare, and lent him a horse and man to drive him towards Marlott, the gig he had arrived in being sent back to Emminster; for the limit of a day's journey with that horse was reached.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
It's simply what I feel around, the whole atmosphere of the place, the whole atmosphere you seem to create around you with these brutes Sarson and Meekins; and those white-faced, smooth-tongued Marconi men of yours, who can't talk decent English; and the post-office man, who can't look you in the face; and Miss Price, who looks as though she were one of the creatures, too, of your torture chamber.
The Vanished Messenger by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Poyser might sit down if he liked, she thought; she wasn't going to sit down, as if she'd give in to any such smooth-tongued palaver.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
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