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单词 smoothed
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smoothedadj.

/smuːðd/
Etymology: < smooth v.
1. Rendered specious or plausible. rare.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > [adjective] > of words or manners
fairOE
honeyed1435
glozed1509
fair-tongued1541
fine1568
smoothed1568
smoothinga1592
sugary1591
slicked1594
rose water1598
rose-watered1599
candied1604
soft1609
courtlya1616
smooth-faced1626
oileda1640
blandished1671
sugar1687
fair-spoken1704
smooth-tongued1761
silky1778
pill-gilded1822
blarneyfied1830
greasy1848
blarneyed1861
soothering1866
soothing-syrupy1902
1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 42 Nor he that files his smoothed speeche.
1575 G. Gascoigne Weedes in Wks. (1587) 152 Their smoothed toongues are lined all with guile.
2.
a. Made smooth, even, placid; unruffled, etc.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > made smooth
well-filed1525
smoothed1611
smoothened1818
stroked1890
the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > made calm
pleaseda1382
ycesed1387
pacified1530
appeased1532
reduced1642
pacate1645
becalmed1667
smoothed1713
pacated1727
lulled1787
sobered1797
soothed1820
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Perpins Stones made iust as thicke as a wall, & shewing their smoothed ends on either side thereof.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iii. i. 127 The Duke Hath banisht moodie discontented fury, As by his smoothed Browes it doth appeare. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 772 They..on the smoothed Plank..expatiate. View more context for this quotation
1713 E. Young Poem on Last Day ii. 46 How the smooth'd Spirit into Goodness glides!
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. i. 284 With cheerfully smoothed countenances.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 168 Masses of smoothed rock rise up out of the whirling water.
b. Of graphs, statistical fluctuations, etc. Cf. smooth v. 1e, Phrasal verbs 3c.
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the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [adjective] > of a graph
reconcilable1873
smoothed1888
linear1910
J-shaped1911
nomographic1915
smooth1929
complete1935
spanning1956
reachable1959
embeddable1961
the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [adjective] > adjusted or standardized
smoothed1888
studentized1935
1888 Proc. Royal Soc. 45 140 These smoothed values were obtained by plotting the observed values, after transmuting them as..described into their respective Q units.
1903 Science 17 July 91/2 Smoothed rainfall curve for the British Isles.
1933 Econometrica 1 240 The points of inflection should be marked in the smoothed curve, to serve as guides to the desired smoothing line.
1962 D. F. Shaw Introd. Electronics x. 204 The advantage of this circuit is that the smoothed d.c. output voltage has a high value and the residual ripple voltage may be reduced to a fraction of 1%.
1964 K. G. Lockyer Introd. Crit. Path Anal. viii. 78 Clearly it is desirable to try to shift some of the earlier over-load into the later under-load. If this could be completely done, then the load would be said to be ‘smoothed’.
3. Indulged, pampered. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective]
delicatea1393
deliciousa1393
voluptuous?a1475
pampereda1529
volupteousa1535
wealy1545
lascivious1589
smoothed1600
luxurious1606
luxuriose1727
high life1733
Vie Parisienne1890
decadent1967
the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [adjective] > indulging or pampering > pampered or petted
pomped1509
pampereda1529
cockereda1586
smoothed1600
dauted1636
fondled1680
petted1724
coaxed1829
1600 N. Breton Pasquils Fooles-cap (rev. ed.) sig. D2 Such smoothed Godsons shew in Wisdomes schoole, A Milk-soppe Babie is more halfe a Foole.

Derivatives

ˈsmoothedness n. Obsolete smoothness.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > qualities of speech sounds
strength1550
smoothedness1574
clearness1665
apertion1668
nasality1774
accentuation1806
percussiveness1863
nasalism1876
compactness1930
over-articulation1935
orality1949
1574 A. Golding in J. Baret Aluearie To Rdr. sig. **.1 The natiue propertie Of brode North speech and Sowthren smoothednesse.
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