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Definition of Suavities
1. suavity [n] - See also: suavity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suavities
Literary usage of Suavities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Whitelaw Reid by Royal Cortissoz (1921)
"Reid, he said, knew all about the suavities of English officials. He had these
suavities himself. He knew just how to meet politeness of the highest degree ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"... “ Born of a noble family, naturally endowed with sensitiveness and ideality
to appreciate all the amenities and suavities of that brilliant sphere, ..."
3. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"Just as the exquisite sea-anemones and all the graceful ocean-flowers die out at
some fathoms below the surface, the elegances and suavities of life die out ..."
4. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"... and yet are really as far off from the deluded victim of their suavities as
the topmost statue of the Milan cathedral from the peasant that kneels on ..."
5. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1918)
"To Cezanne, the easy suavities of Bouguereau were to be admired for what they
represented — perfection of style and a complete technique, ..."
6. New Grub street: A Novel by George Robert Gissing (1891)
"... NEW GRUB STREET smothered the feeling beneath conventional suavities. Jasper was
not backward in making known his gratitude for Dora's concession, ..."
7. An Historical and Critical Dictionary by Pierre Bayle (1826)
"... by unspeakable suavities. Its affections being thus moved, it lets them rest
quietly . . and finds a delicious repose which sets it above all delights ..."
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