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Definition of "smooth-tongued" []

  • Speaking or spoken in an artfully suave manner; ingratiating. See Synonyms at glib. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "smooth-tongued" in a sentence
  • "Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew"
  • "Mona, if she thought about it, though she didn't often because of the regret it caused her, could blame Joanie's progression from adolescent rebellion to active dislike on the advent in the local amateur dramatic society of a certain plump self-satisfied thirty-year-old smooth-tongued Peregrine Vine, assistant to auctioneers of antiques and fine arts."
  • "This shrewd, smooth-tongued politico from Illinois conveyed to the gilded parasites exactly what they wanted to find out as well."
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