smooth-tongued

comparative more smooth-tongued · superlative most smooth-tongued

1. glib; able to flatter, seduce, and persuade with words.

   He kept always good clerks, he loved money, was smooth-tongued, gave good words, and seldom lost his temper.

   1895, John Arbuthnot, Jonathan Swift, Herman Teerink, The History of John Bull, →ISBN

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   Oun readers may recollect a certain smooth-tongued, lankhaired, buckram-suited, Scottish scrivener, who, in the first chapters of this history, appeared in the character of a protégé of George Heriot.

   1832, Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel: With the Author's Last Notes and Additions

   Coleridge smiles mischievously: 'They pay smooth-tongued publishers to instil a sense of fairness and balance into proceedings.'

   2012, Mark Tungate, Fashion Brands: Branding Style from Armani to Zara, →ISBN, page 118