from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
smoothness
n 1: a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch; "admiring
the slim smoothness of her thighs"; "some artists prefer
the smoothness of a board" [ant: {raggedness}, {roughness}]
2: powerful and effective language; "his eloquence attracted a
large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English
is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from
the police" [syn: {eloquence}, {fluency}, {smoothness}]
3: the quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in
manner [syn: {suavity}, {suaveness}, {blandness},
{smoothness}]
4: the quality of having a level and even surface; "the water
was a glassy smoothness"; "the weather system of the Pacific
is determined by the uninterrupted smoothness of the ocean"
5: the quality of being free from errors or interruptions; "the
five-speed manual gearbox is smoothness personified"