Hypertext Webster Gateway: "suavity"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Suavity \Suav"i*ty\, n. [L. suavitas: cf. F. suavit['e].]
1. Sweetness to the taste. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

2. The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind;
agreeableness; softness; pleasantness; gentleness;
urbanity; as, suavity of manners; suavity of language,
conversation, or address. --Glanvill.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

suavity
n : smooth and gracious in manner [syn: {suaveness}, {blandness}]


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