Soaven.
/səʊˈɑːveɪ//ˈswɑːveɪ/ Used attributively and absol. to designate a dry white wine made in Soave.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > Italian wines > [noun]
vernagec1386
vernagellec1460
tear1526
Romanescoa1566
mountflascon1566
Lacryma Christi1590
Falern1601
Surrentine1601
Liatico1622
Palermo1632
verdea1637
verdé1647
Montefiascone1658
Montepulciano1673
vino santo1686
Setin1693
Florence1707
Falernian1726
Lacrima1750
Mamertine1782
Aleatico1805
vernaccia1824
Cannonau1828
Chianti1833
Orvieto wine1846
Sabine1863
Barolo1875
Capri1877
Prosecco1881
moscato1903
Valpolicella1903
Recioto1905
spumante1908
Lambrusco1934
Soave1934
Frascati1935
Sassella1935
Amarone1964
Brunello di Montalcino1964
Trebbiano1965
vinsanto1965
brunello1966
1934 F. Schoonmaker & T. Marvel Compl. Wine Bk. vi. 140 The most widely sold and the best white wine of Veneto is the dry Soave.
1960 Spectator 15 July 114 Soave in Italian means ‘suave’ in English, but the wine gets its name..after the battlemented little town of Soave... It is a white wine, very dry indeed as Italian wines go, with a refreshing acidity.
1969 R. Airth Snatch! ix. 90 We had a bottle of Soave Bolla, chilled, with the lobster.
1975 Observer 3 Aug. (Colour Suppl.) 12/2 Soave, a light dry white from Italy, is getting into more and more shops. It comes from around Verona.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
soaveadv.
/səʊˈɑːveɪ//ˈswɑːveɪ/ Music.
As a direction to the performer: softly, gently, with delicacy and tenderness.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > for other expression
grave1683
cantabile1724
maestoso1724
staccato1724
legato1740
soavemente1740
tenuto1762
amoroso?1765
spiritoso1767
pomposo1786
scherzando1786
strepitoso1801
grazioso1806
mesto1806
risoluto1817
tripsomely1819
alla marcia1823
energico1824
flautando1825
giocoso1828
grandioso1829
religioso1829
largamente1837
marcato1840
flautato1842
leggiero1851
tranquillo1854
appassionato1857
lamentoso1876
misterioso1876
parlando1876
pesante1876
scherzandissimo1876
affettuoso1879
arioso1879
quasi parlato1908
martellato1928
agitato1944
soave1959
1959 Collins Mus. Encycl. 609/2 Soave,..in a smooth and gentle manner.
Derivatives
soaveˈmente n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > directions > [adverb] > for other expression
grave1683
cantabile1724
maestoso1724
staccato1724
legato1740
soavemente1740
tenuto1762
amoroso?1765
spiritoso1767
pomposo1786
scherzando1786
strepitoso1801
grazioso1806
mesto1806
risoluto1817
tripsomely1819
alla marcia1823
energico1824
flautando1825
giocoso1828
grandioso1829
religioso1829
largamente1837
marcato1840
flautato1842
leggiero1851
tranquillo1854
appassionato1857
lamentoso1876
misterioso1876
parlando1876
pesante1876
scherzandissimo1876
affettuoso1879
arioso1879
quasi parlato1908
martellato1928
agitato1944
soave1959
1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 228 Soave, or Soavement, sweetly or agreeably.
1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 399/2 Soave, Soavemente (It.), agreeably, delicately, gently, softly, sweetly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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