Smooth-tongued

Full definition of smooth-tongued

Adjective

1. glib; Able to flatter, seduce, and persuade with words.
• 1832 , Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel: With the Author's Last Notes and Additions , 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.
• 1895 , John Arbuthnot, ‎Jonathan Swift, ‎& Herman Teerink , The History of John Bull , He kept always good clerks, he loved money, was smooth-tongued, gave good words, and seldom lost his temper.
• 2012 , Mark Tungate , Fashion Brands: Branding Style from Armani to Zara , Coleridge smiles mischievously: 'They pay smooth-tongued publishers to instil a sense of fairness and balance into proceedings.'