smooth-spoken

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smooth-spoken

adj

speaking or spoken in a gently persuasive or competent manner

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Adj.

smooth-spoken - expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"

eloquent, silver-tongued, fluent, facile, silver

articulate - expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings"

smooth-spoken

adjective

Fluently persuasive and forceful:

articulate, eloquent, facund, silver-tongued.

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smooth-spoken

[ˈsmuːðˈspəʊkən] ADJ smooth-talking [ˈsmuːðˈtɔːkɪŋ] ADJ → afable (pej) → zalamero, meloso

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smooth-spoken

[ˌsmuːðˈspəʊk/ən] smooth-tongued [ˌsmuːðˈtʌŋd] adj → mellifluo/a

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I told the smooth-spoken gentleman from Scotland Yard so--Mr.

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He was always a villain, smooth-spoken and plausible, but a dangerous, subtle villain all the same.

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They said that there were two constables, in a town a little piece ahead, who would go in with 'em to get 'em taken up, and the young woman was to be taken before a judge; and one of the fellows, who is small and smooth-spoken, was to swear to her for his property, and get her delivered over to him to take south.