suavelyadv.
/ˈsweɪvli/ 1. In a suave manner; with suavity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] > with agreeable manner > blandly or suavely
smootha1500
bland1596
blandly1827
suavely1862
1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 317 Mr. Judkins suavely waves his glass.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxii. 378 ‘Oh, there is no use getting into an anger’, said Mackenzie, suavely.
1902 R. Hichens Londoners 38 ‘So glad to find you at home, dear Mrs. Verulam’, the Duchess said suavely.
2. Agreeably, sweetly, gently.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adverb]
sweetlyc900
queemlyOE
lustly971
winlyc1000
sootlya1125
to (a person's) queemc1175
lustilya1225
avenantlya1375
pleasinglya1398
queema1400
beinc1400
farrandlyc1400
pleasantlyc1400
pleasantlya1425
queemfullyc1425
thankfullyc1480
greablyc1500
dulcely1508
dulcea1525
pleasant1553
agreeably?1567
pleasurably1580
sugarly1587
flattering1597
sweet1597
attractively1640
well-pleasingly1645
welcomely1646
flatteringly1661
relishingly1677
satisfyingly1743
sweetsome1799
smilingly1806
dulcetly1810
gratifyingly1822
honeyedly1832
enjoyably1877
suavely1883
congenially1884
a fair treat1884
1883 J. A. Symonds Ital. Byways vi. 103 Low hills to right and left; suavely modelled heights in the far distance.
1887 A. Elliot Old Man's Favour I. ii. i. 204 Mrs. Hammond's voice..fell suavely on her ear.
Derivatives
ˈsuaveness n. suavity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [noun] > agreeable behaviour > blandness or suavity
smoothnessa1616
suavity1815
blandness1846
suaveness1903
1903 W. E. B. Du Bois Souls of Black Folk iii. 58 We cannot settle this problem by diplomacy and suaveness.
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