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smoothingly

smoothingly adverb: so as to smooth.

Adverb

smoothingly (comparative more smoothingly, superlative most smoothingly)

  1. So as to smooth.

Forms of smoothingly

comparativemore smoothingly
superlativemost smoothingly

Origin of smoothingly

From smoothing + -ly.

Questions about smoothingly

What does smoothingly mean?
Smoothingly means so as to smooth.
What part of speech is smoothingly?
Smoothingly is an adverb.

Words near smoothingly in the dictionary

  1. smoothing irons
  2. smoothing out
  3. smoothing over
  4. smoothing someone's feathers
  5. smoothing up
  6. smoothingly
  7. smoothings
  8. smoothish
  9. smoothlier
  10. smoothliest
  11. smoothly

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