suave

[swahv] /swɑv/
adjective, suaver, suavest.
1.
(of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
Origin
1495-1505; < French < Latin suāvis sweet
Related forms
suavely, adverb
suaveness, noun
Synonyms
sophisticated, worldly.
Examples from the web for suave
  • Yes, that's a pretty suave picture of me on the image capture.
  • The tenderness of the pasta against the savory, sometimes chewy filling seems suave and satisfying.
  • They were suave, stately, seemingly seasoned financiers whom you felt you could trust implicitly.
  • But they never find their own equivalent to his suave, sneaky-gleeful subversiveness.
  • If there had been a bachelor in this place, in the intervening decades, he seemed not to have been too suave of one.
  • And though he's anything but suave, sophisticated or debonair, he's a joy to behold.
British Dictionary definitions for suave

suave

/swɑːv/
adjective
1.
(esp of a man) displaying smoothness and sophistication in manner or attitude; urbane
Derived Forms
suavely, adverb
suavity (ˈswɑːvɪtɪ), suaveness, noun
Word Origin
C16: from Latin suāvis sweet
Word Origin and History for suave
adj.

early 15c., "gracious, kindly," from Middle French suave, from Latin suavis "agreeable," from PIE root *swad- (see sweet). In reference to persons, sense of "smoothly agreeable" first recorded 1815 (in suavity).

Slang definitions & phrases for suave

suave

adjective

Excellent; fine; cool

noun

Smooth skill; polished adroitness: He has plenty of suave when it comes to girls

verb

: Then I took her off her feet. I suaved her/ I guess old Buck suaved her off her feet (1960s+ Teenagers)