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Definition of Smooth-tongued
1. Adjective. Artfully persuasive in speech. "A smooth-tongued hypocrite"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smooth-tongued
Literary usage of Smooth-tongued
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1906)
"... shattered by the cunning, the dishonesty and the imposition of a band of smooth
tongued highwaymen, commonly known to us as dishonest tree peddlers. ..."
2. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849: Drawn from Personal Observation and by William Henry Gray (1870)
"The smooth-tongued Jesuits yet remain. LET us now turn our attention from scenes
of baseness and treachery to such as can not fail to draw forth the more ..."
3. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: Masterpieces by Kuno Francke, Isidore Singer, William Guild Howard (1914)
"Their leader smooth-tongued, the dissembler, the traitor!" MEDEA. " smooth-tongued,
the dissembler, ... "A smooth-tongued traitor!" Yea, that is the word! ..."
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