smooth – English adjective declension

English adjective forms of smooth

Adjective: smooth

Comparison Forms

Synthetic

Comparativesmoother
Superlativesmoothest

Perifrastic

Sample Sentences

  • The outlines must be smooth, […]imperceptible to the touch, and even, without eminence or cavities. [1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC:]
  • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,[…]. [1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:]
  • Smooth and slender and naked, Mary Rittersdorf faced her husband. [1964, Philip K. Dick, “THIRTEEN”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 193:]
  • Teaching that’s done by talking seems to have one rough path and another part which is smoother. [2005, Lesley Brown, Sophist, translation of original by Plato, page 229e:]
  • We hope for a smooth transition to the new system.
  • England's path to Poland and Ukraine next summer looked to be a smooth one as goals from Ashley Young and Darren Bent gave them a comfortable lead after 31 minutes. [2011, Phil McNulty, “Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England”, in BBC:]
  • The path to approval has been bumpiest in Washington, where Democrats in Congress have raised concerns over Mexico’s enforcement of labor rights and environmental law — and smoothest in Mexico, where the president has described the accord as a guarantee of stability for his country’s economy. [2019 June 19, Elisabeth Malkin and Ana Swanson, “Mexico Ratifies Trade Deal With the U.S. and Canada”, in The New York Times:]
  • This smooth discourse and mild behavior oft / Conceal a traitor. [1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, (please specify the page):]
  • This feeling, grounded on the experience of centuries of oppression, was not to be allayed by smooth explanations on the part of the advocates of the Constitution. [1912, Gustavus Myers, History of the Supreme Court of the United States, page 133:]
  • the only smooth poet of those times [1670, John Milton, The History of Britain:]
  • VValler vvas ſmooth; but Dryden taught to join / The varying verſe, the full reſounding line, / The long majetſic march, and energy divine. [1737, [Alexander Pope], The First Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated, London: […] T. Cooper, […], →OCLC, page 16:]
  • VVhen bright Minerva roſe, / From her ſvveet Lips ſmooth Elocution flovvs, […] [1713 (indicated as 1714), [John] Gay, “Book III”, in The Fan. A Poem. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 23:]
  • He was so smooth and handsome. He knew just what to say and when to say it. [2003, T. Lewis Humphrey, The Price of Love, →ISBN, page 279:]
  • In order for a reading to be smooth and effortless, readers must be able to recognize and read words accurately, automatically, and quickly. [2006, Mary Kay Moskal, Camille Blachowicz, Reading for Fluency, →ISBN, page 3:]
  • Demonstrate first by the numbers and then as one smooth movement. [1927, United States National Guard Bureau, Manual of Basic Training and Standards of Proficiency for the National Guard, page 181:]
  • As we worked to the southward, we picked up fair weather, and enjoyed smooth seas and pleasant skies. [1898, John Donaldson Ford, An American Cruiser in the East, page 47:]
  • A leaf having a smooth margin, without teeth or indentations of any kind, is called entire. [1994, Robert E. Swanson, A Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Southern Appalachians, →ISBN, page 8:]
  • Out of the handles flipped the smooth blade and the serrated blade, which was dangerously sharp, the flathead screwdrivers, the Phillips screwdriver, the can opener, the awl. [1997, Christopher Dickey, Innocent Blood: A Novel, →ISBN, page 91:]
  • A compact and stylish design, it produces 1 generous quart of excellent, smooth ice cream in 20 to 25 minutes. [1997, Lou Seibert Pappas, Sorbets and Ice Creams, →ISBN, page 19:]
  • The coffee was smooth, so smooth she took another sip. [2002, Candace Irvin, For His Eyes Only, →ISBN, page 9:]
  • Any ANALYTIC FUNCTION is smooth. But a smooth function is not necessarily analytic. [2003, Eric W. Weisstein, CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, →ISBN, page 419:]
  • Οὐ becomes οὐκ before a smooth vowel, and οὐχ before an aspirate. [1830, Benjamin Franklin Fisk, A Grammar of the Greek Language, page 5:]

Adjectives inflected like smooth

sallow, smooth, slight, sleigh, sordid, somber, shweet, shrill, shrewd, yellow, yaller, hard knock, DRY, Greek, cut short, unquiet, unclean, indiscreet, chipper, straicht, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Old English smōþ
3. Middle English smothe
4. Proto-West Germanic *smanþī
5. Old English smēþe
6. Middle English smethe
7. English smooth
8. From Middle English smothe, smethe, from Old English smēþe, smōþ, both from Proto-West Germanic *smanþī, of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots smuith (“smooth”), Saterland Frisian smoud (“smooth”), Low German smood and smödig (“smooth, malleable, ductile”), Dutch smeuïg (“smooth”) (from earlier smeudig). See: Dutch Adjectives 'smeuïg'.