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[ swahv ] / swɑv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR suave ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, suav·er, suav·est.(of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane. Origin of suave1495–1505; <French <Latin suāvissweet SYNONYMS FOR suavesophisticated, worldly. SEE SYNONYMS FOR suave ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM suavesuavely, adverbsuaveness, nounWords nearby suavesuable, Suakin, Suárez, SUAS, suasion, suave, suaviter in modo, fortiter in re, suavity, sub, subabdominal, subacetate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for suave“We have undercover security,” says Vincent Zurzolo, the suave man in the blue suit in booth 2630 of New York Comic Con. The Holy Grail of Comic Books Hid in Plain Site at New York Comic Con|Sujay Kumar|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST And Nanjiani, the side-burned and suave 36-year-old, is a geek icon. Silicon Valley’s Kumail Nanjiani and the Most High-Brow Dick Joke Ever|Sujay Kumar|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST Everyone has a theory on how Mad Men will end, and one of the most popular is that our suave, slick antihero will die. All the Signs That Don Draper Will Die on ‘Mad Men’|Kevin Fallon|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Steve Heidrick is a handsome, suave, elegant young man who dances beautifully, who loves to dance with me. “I hear Gore’s voice and I want so much to be with him”|Anaïs Nin|October 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As far as Wayne goes, Affleck has never played the suave, sophisticated bon vivant before onscreen. Ben Affleck Cast as Batman in ‘Man of Steel’ Sequel … Is He the Right Choice?|Marlow Stern|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST The venerable holy men on either side have all Bellini's suave benignancy and incapacity for sin: celestial grandfathers. A Wanderer in Venice|E.V. Lucas "You have already admitted having gone over the frontier," was the suave rejoinder. Robert Tournay|William Sage The youth might have been discussing a fancy dance, so suave and polite was he. The Stolen Singer|Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger Foyle's suave voice broke in upon the thread of his thoughts. The Grell Mystery|Frank Froest He seemed to find difficulty in speech, this suave man of affairs. The Hidden Places|Bertrand W. Sinclair
British Dictionary definitions for suave
adjective(esp of a man) displaying smoothness and sophistication in manner or attitude; urbane Derived forms of suavesuavely, adverbsuavity (ˈswɑːvɪtɪ) or suaveness, nounWord Origin for suaveC16: from Latin suāvis sweet Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to suavegenial, soft-spoken, polite, urbane, courtly, worldly, affable, ingratiating, courteous, sophisticated, agreeable, bland, civilized, cordial, cultured, diplomatic, fulsome, glib, gracious, obliging |