smoothness; polish, gloss; lubricity, lubrication., down, velvet, silk, satin; velveteen, velumen, velour; slide; bowling green (level); glass, ice; asphalt, wood pavement, flags., roller, steam roller; sand paper, emery paper; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax.

smooth, smoothen; plane; file; mow, shave; level, roll; macadamize; polish, burnish, calender, glaze; iron, hot-press, mangle; lubricate (oil).

smooth; polished; leiodermatous, slick, velutinous; even; level; plane (flat); sleek, glossy; silken, silky; lanate, downy, velvety; glabrous, slippery , glassy, lubricous, oily, soft, unwrinkled; smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil; slippery as an eel; woolly (feathery).

elegance, purity, grace, ease; gracefulness, readiness; concinnity, euphony, numerosity; Atticism, classicalism, classicism., well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods; the right word in the right place; the mot juste [singular], mots justes [plural]; antithesis. purist.

point an antithesis, round a period.

elegant, polished, classical, Attic, correct, Cieceronian, artistic; chaste, pure, Saxon, academical., graceful, easy, readable, fluent, flowing, tripping; unaffected, natural, unlabored; mellifluous; euphonious, euphemism, euphemistic; numerose, rhythmical., felicitous, happy, neat; well put, neatly put, well expressed, neatly expressed.