suavity

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

/ ˈswɑ vɪ ti, ˈswæv ɪ- /

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a suave or smoothly agreeable quality.

suavities, suave or courteous actions or manners; amenities.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Also suave·ness .

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

She nodded and smiled to one and another with an almost royal suavity and condescension.
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3)|Frances Eleanor Trollope
"What you wanted to tell me," he said with exasperating suavity.
The Devil|Joseph O'Brien
No, I dont desire peace to keep on making money, answered the other, with a suavity which suggested a smile.
The Wasted Generation|Owen Johnson
Yet these too, with all their sympathy and suavity and sweet reasonableness, are policemen au fond.
Adventures and Enthusiasms|E. V. Lucas

The haut en bas in the tone strengthened me in a moment, bracing my nerves as suavity and gentleness would not have done.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art|Various