Smooth-tongued
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Smooth-tongued is an adjective meaning glib; able to flatter, seduce, and persuade with words.
Meaning
glib; able to flatter, seduce, and persuade with words.
Example Sentences
He kept always good clerks, he loved money, was smooth-tongued, gave good words, and seldom lost his temper.
Coleridge smiles mischievously: 'They pay smooth-tongued publishers to instil a sense of fairness and balance into proceedings.'
Oun readers may recollect a certain smooth-tongued, lankhaired, buckram-suited, Scottish scrivener, who, in the first chapters of this history, appeared in the character of a protégé of George Heriot.
Synonyms for smooth-tongued
Depending on context, synonyms include glib, persuasive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include persuasive, glib, honey-tongued, smooth-talking, silver-tongued, smooth-spoken.
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