smooth-faced

[ smooth-feyst ]

adjective

1. beardless; smooth-shaven.
2. having a smooth or polished surface, as a stone.
3. deceitfully ingratiating.

Word History and Origins

Origin of smooth-faced¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

Now, the smooth-faced look like the creepy ones, the squares.

From The Daily Beast

I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.

From Project Gutenberg

No Federal thought the smooth-faced, handsome young man who was always with Jerry was a woman.

From Project Gutenberg

Tall, smooth-faced, and fair, he walked with the long step and lightsome grace of the athletic young Englishman of his day.

From Project Gutenberg

Joe Kent found himself paired with a smooth-faced, bronzed, shanty lad who fought with a grin and hit with a grunt.

From Project Gutenberg

One day, a smooth-faced man with a scar beneath his eye, as if it had been burnt, came and looked down the shaft.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bald
• clean-shaven
• shaved