suavity

Also suave·ness

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

noun

plural

suavities 

1. a suave or smoothly agreeable quality.

2. suavities, suave or courteous actions or manners; amenities.

Word History and Origins

Origin of suavity¹

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

Example Sentences

Those dudes are trying to play the sinister “ugly American” roles, although with a singular lack of suavity and not much success.

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Motifs were given expansive statements, then were cut up and brought back with edge and suavity.

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A laid-back number that flirts with western swing, Buffett rhapsodizes about an outdated style of facial hair that conveys a certain classic Hollywood suavity.

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A laid-back number that flirts with Western swing, Buffett rhapsodizes about an outdated style of facial hair that conveys a certain classic Hollywood suavity.

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There was the same luxury, the same silky suavity, the same lightness in the brasses, but also more fierceness and density.

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