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satin, slick, sleek, glossy, satiny, silken

adj. having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"

fine

adj. of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust"

spruce, jaunty, raffish, rakish, snappy, dapper, dashing, natty

adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

pat, slick, glib

adj. having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a slick commercial"

flattering

adj. showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color"

insincere, hypocritical

adj. lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"

polished

adj. perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver"

slippery

adj. causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide; "slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the streets are still slippy from the rain"

fatty, greasy, oily, oleaginous

adj. containing an unusual amount of grease or oil; "greasy hamburgers"; "oily fried potatoes"; "oleaginous seeds"

saponaceous, soapy

adj. resembling or having the qualities of soap; "a soapy consistency"

soft

adj. yielding readily to pressure or weight

fleshy, pulpy

adj. like a pulp or overripe; not having stiffness

elegant

adj. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"

debonair, debonaire, suave, polished, debonnaire

adj. having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"

refined

adj. (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"

creaseless, uncreased

adj. used especially of fabrics; "uncreased trousers"

marmoreal, marmorean

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of marble

seamless, unlined, unfurrowed, unseamed, unwrinkled

adj. used especially of skin; "his cheeks were unlined"; "his unseamed face"

velvet, velvety

adj. smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste

waxy, waxlike, ceraceous

adj. resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin"; "the ceraceous surface of the leaves"

rough

adj. having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"

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