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• n  a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor
• a  having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
• s  smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
• a  of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth
• s  smooth and unconstrained in movement
• a  (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected
• a  of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence
• s  lacking obstructions or difficulties
• s  (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• The British crew who until that defeat had been virtually unchallenged, winning a string of 24 world-class races overcame the Aussies' smoother technique with raw power.
• Her days of intense rehearsal were apparent, but she was much smoother than in recent media interviews when unspooling canned lines and opinions.
• In some ways, Rudd has had a smoother ride than he might have expected.

• drum sander
• electric sander
• sander
• smooth
• politic
• suave
• bland
• fluent
• fluid
• liquid
• legato
• placid
• quiet
• still
• tranquil
• unruffled

• rough
• staccato

News & Articles

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• Inhabitat's Week in Green: underwater Discus Hotel, mold-detecting bowl and a terrarium for edible insects
  Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. By now "reinventing the wheel" has become a tired euphemism -- but that's exactly what skateboarder David Patrick did when he created the SharkWheel, a cube-shaped wheel that's surprisingly smoother and faster than conventional skateboard wheels. Patrick ...
  June 16, 2013 - Engadget
• Council Talks Traffic Lights To Speed Up Emmet, 29N Travel
  Charlottesville City Council is looking to spend $400,000 on making the drive up Emmet Street and Route 29 a little smoother.
  June 15, 2013 - WCAV Charlottesville
• Headache over: Shoreway reopened after filming closure
  Commuters coming into downtown Cleveland from the west side should have a much smoother drive into work Monday now that the Shoreway has reopened.
  June 15, 2013 - 19 Action News Cleveland

Quotes

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• Luke Donald in Forbes
  The greens are usually a little more forgiving in the morning, the putts are smoother, and you can control your ball better,Donald said. "Other than that, it wasn't too different."
• Yasuo Fukuda in USA Today
  I felt that we must particularly stress the importance of the economy,Fukuda said in the nationally televised address. "If it will help even a little bit to make the parliamentary session go smoother, I decided that it might be better for...
• Ricky Davis in USA Today
  It's huge that we've been through these games,Davis said. "Everything is a little smoother because we know we can win them and we've been there a whole lot of times. They picked it up on us, but we came back."