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suave

[ swahv ]

/ swɑv /

adjective, suav·er, suav·est.

(of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.

Origin of suave

1495–1505; < French < Latin suāvis sweet

SYNONYMS FOR suave

sophisticated, worldly.

OTHER WORDS FROM suave

suave·ly, adverb suave·ness, noun

Words nearby suave

su-chou, suable, suakin, suas, suasion, suave, suaviter in modo, fortiter in re, suavity, sub, sub judice, sub rosa

Example sentences from the Web for suavest

These features, charming in themselves, are set in an oval of the suavest and most harmonious form.

Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo |Louis Guimbaud
"Good-mornin', Cousin Phœbe," he said, with his suavest manner.

The Panchronicon |Harold Steele Mackaye
"None of us know where Mr. John Horbury is," repeated Joseph, in his suavest tones.

The Chestermarke Instinct |J. S. Fletcher
The reverse was the case, as she was one of the smoothest, suavest persons you ever met.

She and I, Volume 1 |John Conroy Hutcheson

Ordinarily a man of the suavest temper, Mr. Hutton found himself trembling with rage.

Mortal Coils |Aldous Huxley

British Dictionary definitions for suavest

suave

/ (swɑːv) /

adjective

(esp of a man) displaying smoothness and sophistication in manner or attitude; urbane

Derived forms of suave

suavely, adverb suavity (ˈswɑːvɪtɪ) or suaveness, noun

Word Origin for suave

C16: from Latin suāvis sweet