Etymology
Origin of suavity
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin suāvitās pleasantness, equivalent to suāv ( is ) sweet + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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Those dudes are trying to play the sinister “ugly American” roles, although with a singular lack of suavity and not much success.
From Salon
Motifs were given expansive statements, then were cut up and brought back with edge and suavity.
From New York Times
A laid-back number that flirts with western swing, Buffett rhapsodizes about an outdated style of facial hair that conveys a certain classic Hollywood suavity.
From Los Angeles Times
A laid-back number that flirts with Western swing, Buffett rhapsodizes about an outdated style of facial hair that conveys a certain classic Hollywood suavity.
From Los Angeles Times
There was the same luxury, the same silky suavity, the same lightness in the brasses, but also more fierceness and density.
From New York Times
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