Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Suave"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Suave \Suave\, a. [L. suavis sweet, pleasant: cf. F. suave. See
{Sweet}, and cf. {Suasion}.]
Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner;
bland. -- {Suave"ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
suave
adj 1: having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman" [syn: {debonair},
{debonaire}, {debonnaire}]
2: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of
sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so
important a personage"; "the hostess averted a
confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change
of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a
smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate
men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra
Pound [syn: {politic}, {smooth}]
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