suave
adjective
(of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
suavely
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a word derived from
suave.
Example Sentences
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In a recent video, he leans suavely against a bar at a Las Vegas tech trade show, telling a woman he is on the “revenue side of strategic pipeline development.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Yet true to his Ancient Greek lineage, this Oedipus is nothing if not paradoxical, suavely enjoying his privilege while brandishing his egalitarian views.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
On the glorious 1939 side of “Little Joe From Chicago,” Williams suavely varies both the top and bottom patterns in a notably carefree fashion.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
Every time the Bucks’ lead got too small in the fourth quarter, he was there with a suavely drawn foul or a bruising layup to bump it back to a comfortable edge.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2023
I had her watch how Romero took the bull away from a fallen horse with his cape, and how he held him with the cape and turned him, smoothly and suavely, never wasting the bull.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
