suavity
Origin of suavity
suave
- (of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
Origin of suave
Synonyms for suave
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Historical Examples of suaveness
Gone was the suaveness, the customary polite mockery; it was frank, open, genuinely pleasant.
The Passing of Ku SuiAnthony Gilmore
Yet, at the same time, his mood had a charming reality—the suaveness of Andrs Escobar.
The Bright ShawlJoseph Hergesheimer
You see, he is a particularly obnoxious specimen of his race; all suaveness, treachery, and remorseless energy.
The Secret HouseEdgar Wallace
There was none of the suaveness, the delicate responsiveness of her late host at Porchester House.
Peter Ruff and the Double FourE. Phillips Oppenheim
suave
- (esp of a man) displaying smoothness and sophistication in manner or attitude; urbane
Word Origin for suave
Word Origin and History for suaveness
suave
early 15c., "gracious, kindly," from Middle French suave, from Latin suavis "agreeable," from PIE root *swad- (see sweet). In reference to persons, sense of "smoothly agreeable" first recorded 1815 (in suavity).
suavity
c.1400, "pleasantness, delightfulness; kindness, gentleness," from Latin suavitas, from suavis (see suave).