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seamless

Something seamless could literally be a piece of clothing without seams, but it's usually something else that's smooth or unbroken, like a seamless transition.

Seamless things are connected so well that you can't see what's holding them together. They're flowing, consistent, and well-put-together. If an employee leaves, and the replacement does a great job immediately, that's a seamless transition. In basketball, if a team goes from offense to defense without missing a beat, that's seamless play. And that underwear that seems to be made out of one piece of material? Seamless. And super comfortable.

DEFINITIONS OF: seamless

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adj not having or joined by a seam or seams

seamless stockings”
Synonyms
broadloom
(of rugs or carpets) woven full width
circular-knit
knitted in tubular form
unseamed
having no seams
Antonyms:
seamed
having or joined by a seam or seams
seamy
showing a seam
sewed, sewn, stitched
fastened with stitches
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adj perfectly consistent and coherent

“the novel's seamless plot”
Synonyms
coherent, consistent, logical, ordered
marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts

adj smooth, especially of skin

Synonyms:
unlined, unseamed
smooth
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
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