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
Within moments of their meeting in 1950 in New York City, he bursts suavely into song — some presumptuous romantic blather about the two of them together under “a chapel of stars.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
His female bodies are weighted and tactile but also suavely elongated, powerfully compressed and cropped to create a sense of expansion beyond the frame.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2022
“El Producto Cigars, my dear. I had them imported from Spain,” Sammy said suavely.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
