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suave
/swɑv/
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What does suave mean?
adjective
- Of a person, charming, though often in a manner that is insincere or sophisticated.
- Displaying smoothness and sophistication.
- Gracious, kind.
More meanings (1)
noun
- sweet-talk
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Thea, watching Dr. Archie and interested in his presentation, was unconsciously impersonating her suave, gold-tinted friend.
She was still the victim of his keen eyes, his suave manners, his fine clothes.
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The gentleman who saw me was particularly suave in manner, but uncommunicative in equal proportion.
Nothing can be more seductive than the suave flow of his line, his feeling for costume, his gentle and chastened humour.
Evidently he had no desire to terrorise the man, but to conciliate him, for his own purposes, for his manner was pleasant and suave.