suavity

[ swah-vi-tee, swav-i- ]

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noun,plural suav·i·ties.

Origin of suavity

1400–50; late Middle English <Latin suāvitās pleasantness, equivalent to suāv(is) sweet + -itās-ity

Yet, at the same time, his mood had a charming reality—the suaveness of Andrs Escobar.
The Bright Shawl | Joseph Hergesheimer
You see, he is a particularly obnoxious specimen of his race; all suaveness, treachery, and remorseless energy.
The Secret House | Edgar Wallace
There was none of the suaveness, the delicate responsiveness of her late host at Porchester House.
Peter Ruff and the Double Four | E. Phillips Oppenheim
Gone was the suaveness, the customary polite mockery; it was frank, open, genuinely pleasant.
The Passing of Ku Sui | Anthony Gilmore

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