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Meanings of smooth-spoken in English

Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively.

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Usage of smooth-spoken in English
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Only genius could have invented John Silver, that terribly smooth-spoken mariner.
Essays in Little
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Damn the insolent, smooth-spoken knave of hearts, and confound the women!
Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia
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But, to return to Mr. Justis; you corroborate my own opinion of that smooth-spoken gentleman.
Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete
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He was always a villain, smooth-spoken and plausible, but a dangerous, subtle villain all the same.
Beyond the City
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You know from yourselves surely that both Christian and Hopeful carried that black but smooth-spoken man within themselves.
Bunyan Characters (2nd Series)
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Judson was a jovial, smooth-spoken man, so uniformly goodnatured and bland that it was surprising how few friends he had.
Anne of Avonlea
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A tight, trig, bustling body she, black and polished as ebony, smooth-spoken and respectful, and quite a favorite with everybody.
Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader / B...
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Driftin' disconsolate one day among the shippin', who should I overhaul but the identical smooth-spoken chap with a white hat an' a weed on it!
The Story of a Bad Boy
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"I must understand what you mean, Mr. Li Chang," said Winter sternly; for some reason, he distrusted the smooth-spoken jute merchant.
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