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.
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Smooth-tongued
Synonyms for "smooth-tongued" (39 found)
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French
1 entries- mielleux adj (able to flatter with words)
Thai
1 entries- ปากหวาน adj (able to flatter with words)
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He kept always good clerks, he loved money, was smooth-tongued, gave good words, and seldom lost his temper.
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Coleridge smiles mischievously: 'They pay smooth-tongued publishers to instil a sense of fairness and balance into proceedings.'
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