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suave |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suave \Suave\, a. [L. suavis sweet, pleasant: cf F. suave. See {Sweet}, and cf {Suasion}.] Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland. -- {Suave"ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: suave adj 1: having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman" [syn: {debonair}, {debonaire}, {debonnaire}] 2: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" Ezra Pound [syn: {politic}, {smooth}]
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