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Definition of Suave
1. Adjective. Having a sophisticated charm. "A debonair gentleman"
2. Adjective. Smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication. "The manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"
Similar to: Diplomatic, Diplomatical
Derivative terms: Blandness, Blandness, Smoothness, Suaveness, Suavity
Definition of Suave
1. a. Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland.
Definition of Suave
1. Adjective. Charming, confident and elegant. ¹
2. Noun. Sweet talk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suave
1. smoothly affable and polite [adj SUAVER, SUAVEST] : SUAVELY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suave
Literary usage of Suave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1897)
"Thenceforth, beneath that prince's suave and elegant manners lurked a thirst for
vengeance. No one suspected him — he was so hospitable, so refined! ..."
2. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"I should n't wonder if the wily old bird changed his note now, as he did when
the South kicked out, and you suddenly found him most suave and peaceable. ..."
3. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"He is suave yet prompt, and goes straight to the core of any subject, his
earnestness of manner and prompt habits of thought making any ambiguity or ..."
4. European Reminiscences, Musical and Otherwise: Being the Recollections of by Louis Charles Elson (1914)
"... TURKISH BATH A suave BARBER TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF TYPICAL PARISIAN LIFE A NIGHT
IN PARIS A COMMUNIST GUIDE A FEARFUL RIOT A CHARGE OF THE FRENCH SOLDIERY ..."
5. A new pronouncing dictionary of the Spanish and English languages by Mariano Velázquez de la Cadena, Edward Gray, Juan L. Iribas (1902)
"<1.••/•',:. 2. Matar animales en la carnicería. Slaughter-house [il8'-t{r-baas],«.
Matadero. Sleek [illc], a. 1. Liso, bruñido, alisado. 2. suave, blando ..."
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