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"Suavity" was yet another sketch of Mildred; a recognizable one, or it would not have been humorous.
Alice Adams Booth Tarkington 1907
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Suavity not required for Wasp tactics, but, if there's a few shillings to spare, why not.
At the Frozen Creek Alehouse. Ann Althouse 2009
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Suavity was a persona Bond would inhabit when he needed it.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » MOVIE ANALYSIS: Casino Royale 2006
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Suavity in this manner may, it is true, be reconciled with firmness in the matter; but not easily by a young person who wants all the appropriate resources of knowledge, of adroit and guarded language, for making his good temper available.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 Various
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_Suavity_ -- Agreeableness; tendency to speak and act in a pleasant manner.
How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony William Windsor
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` ` Suavity '' was yet another sketch of Mildred; a recognizable one, or it would not have been humorous.
Alice Adams 1921
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Suavity was come upon it like a new glove and changed the man.
The Crisis — Volume 06 Winston Churchill 1909
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Suavity was come upon it like a new glove and changed the man.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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Suavity was come upon it like a new glove and changed the man.
The Crisis — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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Suavity, with an attendant mordant wit, and a mastery of tactics unfamiliar to the minds and capacities of Englishmen, made him a great factor in the wide world of haute politique; but it also drew upon him a wealth of secret hatred and outward attention.
The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897
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