smack-smoothadj.adv.
Chiefly dialect or colloquial.
1.
a. adj. Perfectly smooth, level, or even with the surface. Now dialect.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective]
smeethc725
unroughOE
plaina1398
balghc1440
smoothc1440
glat1481
fair1486
handsmooth1530
terse1602
smooth-faced1647
sleekyc1725
smack-smooth1755
knotless1792
gleg1808
textureless1846
glabrous1860
unsculptured1891
1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. iii. ix. 254 Their faces smack smooth as if they had been clean shaven.
1798 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1799) II. 29 In fine, the bleeding trunk, smack smooth, with the head only remaining to the body, was immersed in the styptic.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 634 Smack-smooth, level with the surface; said of a mast which has gone by the board.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 229/1 Why, it's as smack-smooth as a gress-plat.
b. U.S. (See quot. 1848.)
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1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms App. Smack smooth, at the West, a term applied to land which is thoroughly cleared.
2.
a. As complement or adv. So as to leave a smooth or level surface.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adverb]
smeethlya1225
knotlessc1374
smoothly1489
smootha1500
politely1598
smack-smooth1790
silkily1815
1790 C. Dibdin Coll. Songs I. 153 Though the tempest top gallant masts smack smooth should smite.
1835 T. Hook Parson's Daughter (rev. ed.) i. i. 9 My master..hated trees; down he had them smack, smooth.
1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) II. ix. 163 A hurricane swept us smack smooth fore and aft.
b. figurative. Smoothly; without any impediment or obstruction.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] > without hindrance or encumberment
freelyeOE
wellOE
freec1250
glidderly13..
without (also but) lettingc1330
oliver current1466
smootha1500
pronewise1585
currently1586
glib1594
glibly1607
clearly1612
swimminglya1640
smoothly1668
uninterrupted1677
unobstructedly1788
smack-smooth1802
sweetly1825
sweet1846
unimpededly1846
hitchlessly1910
1802 H. Martin Helen of Glenross I. 188 A tour in former times was pleasant enough; went on smack smooth, except a rough road, now and then an Alps, or a Pyrenees.
c. dialect. In a reckless or random manner; recklessly.
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1847– in Lincolnshire dial.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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