Meaning of SUAVE
| Pronunciation: | | swâv
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- [adj] smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound
- [adj] having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"
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| | Synonyms: | | debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, diplomatic, diplomatical, politic, refined, smooth |
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| | Definition: | | \Suave\, a. [L. suavis sweet, pleasant: cf. F. suave. See
{Sweet}, and cf. {Suasion}.]
Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner;
bland. -- {Suave"ly}, adv.
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