SUAVE

politic, smooth, suave, bland

(adjective) smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; “he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage”; “the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error”

debonair, debonaire, debonnaire, suave

(adjective) having a sophisticated charm; “a debonair gentleman”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

suave (comparative suaver, superlative suavest)

Charming, confident and elegant.

Noun

suave (plural suaves)

Sweet talk.

Anagrams

• Sauve, Vause, uveas

Source: Wiktionary


Suave, a. Etym: [L. suavis sweet, pleasant: cf. F. suave. See Sweet, and cf. Suasion.]

Definition: Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland.

– Suave"ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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