Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Courteous and elegant; gracious and sophisticated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Soothingly agreeable; pleasant; mollifying; bland: used of persons or things: as, a suave diplomatist; suave politeness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Charming ,confident andelegant . - noun Sweet
talk .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
- adjective having a sophisticated charm
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I was not s-- you know, I said I was at that age what you call suave
Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter: Five Presidents and other Political Adventures 1997
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He was known as a suave matinee idol who could be molded to play the lead in any romantic film.
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Manning is incredibly successful, but he's never going to be called suave, and Matt Ryan is a promising quarterback, but he's going to have to win a playoff game before we start mentioning him among the league's truly elite.
The Seattle Times 2010
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He has called the suave Priyanka Gandhi the 'sexiest Indian woman by eons and light years'.
IBN Top Headlines 2009
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For the classic Bond, 'suave', 'nonchalant' and 'English' and what comes to mind.
‘American Beauty’ Director Sam Mendes May Step Up To Helm ‘Bond 23′ » MTV Movies Blog 2010
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Who else has the time to generate paragraph of fluff, just in order to rebut Plate's central thesis that Ma is "suave"?
Five Commentaries for Wednesday Michael Turton 2009
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The piece is nothing more than a mash-up of Establishment shibboleths, but I especially like his description of the current policy as "suave" ... let's call up Taiwan News again:
Five Commentaries for Wednesday Michael Turton 2009
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Im sorry but theres nothing "suave" about this at all!
Make An Outlet-Mounted Charge Station From A Shampoo Bottle | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The piece is nothing more than a mash-up of Establishment shibboleths, but I especially like his description of the current policy as "suave" ... let's call up Taiwan News again:
Archive 2009-05-01 Michael Turton 2009
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Who else has the time to generate paragraph of fluff, just in order to rebut Plate's central thesis that Ma is "suave"?
Five Commentaries for Wednesday Michael Turton 2009
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