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单词 suave
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Definition of suave in English:

suave

adjectivesuaver, suavest swɑːvswɑv
  • (especially of a man) charming, confident, and elegant.

    all the waiters were suave and deferential
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The royal equivalent of a Hollywood matinee idol, he was tall, suave, charming and debonair, with the unmistakeable look of his Hanoverian forebears.
    • He might have moved away from being the Angry Young Man to now being the suave older man, but some things will never change including his original screen name.
    • According to marketing, drinking is wonderful, it helps you get the girl or the guy, it's exotic and makes you cool, suave and sophisticated.
    • Ray Porter played by Steve Martin is suave, rich and a consummate seducer.
    • She didn't belong with these suave men in their summer wear, or the chic women in their expensive dresses and bathing suits.
    • He is so suave he won't run for fear of getting a strand of hair out of place.
    • While McConnell is just as sharp, balanced, and articulate as Roberts, he is less suave and more direct.
    • But suave man of mystery he isn't, and he just looks uncomfortable and out of place throughout the film.
    • Despite his attempts to seem sophisticated and suave, he is endearingly naive, but also intelligent and thoughtful.
    • Needless to say he was suave, had great finesse, and a quiet sense of style.
    • In the action field, he's not a fighter, like the martial arts brigade, but a throwback to the era of suave gentleman spies.
    • Jake always managed to insult my very being and yet able to do it in his arrogant, oh-so charming and suave way.
    • It was a suave, sophisticated affair with no riff-raff allowed in the door.
    • He's known for his soft, suave nasal voice and gentle demeanour.
    • His friends looked as though they didn't know what had hit them when Brandon walked through the door with suave confidence.
    • Intense emotions of fear, anger and jealousy bombard the once suave male.
    • He could easily have passed for just another suave foreign businessman.
    • He coolly leans against a pillar and appears the personification of suave elegance, wearing a modern tuxedo.
    • He was a suave man, and he had won the respect of millions.
    • He was an amazing dancer and his demeanor radiated confidence and suave.
    Synonyms
    charming, sophisticated, debonair, urbane, worldly, worldly-wise, polished, refined, poised, self-possessed, dignified, civilized, gentlemanly, gallant
    smooth, smooth-talking, smooth-tongued, silver-tongued, glib, bland, polite, well mannered, civil, courteous, affable, tactful, diplomatic, slick
    informal cool
    dated mannerly

Derivatives

  • suavely

  • adverb ˈswɑːvliˈswɑvli
    • The smokiness of sautéed artichokes suavely romances the seared salmon with roasted tomatoes.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He is more happy when he can be suavely romantic.
      • Monsieur Salles suavely smiled in an expression of ironic skepticism.
      • Why would anyone want to stay in a hotel room, however suavely appointed, when there's a city out there that begs to be experienced with open eyes, mouth and pockets?
      • Rimbaud rolls down the window and suavely says, ‘You're the woman of my dreams.’
  • suaveness

  • nounˈswɑːvnəsˈswɑvnəs
    • I'll amaze her with my charm and suaveness in the pool and she'll have no choice but to fall madly in love with me.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Yet the ex-slave's voice, with its lack of contractions, lucid philosophical tone, and fluidly repetitive cadences, suggests self-assurance, rationality, even suaveness.
      • His pride, suaveness, sarcasm and playfulness would all dissipate, leaving him completely exposed and vulnerable.
      • He could hear the smoothness of the singer's voice, the suaveness of the pianist playing.
      • The guy has aged so incredibly well, with the suaveness of his youth and the wisdom of age rolled into the greatest screen presence of our day.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'gracious, agreeable'): from Old French, or from Latin suavis 'agreeable'. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

  • The early sense of this was ‘gracious, agreeable’. It is from Latin suavis ‘agreeable’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

Rhymes

Algarve, calve, carve, grave, Graves, halve, Slav, starve, Zouave
 
 

Definition of suave in US English:

suave

adjectiveswɑvswäv
  • (especially of a man) charming, confident, and elegant.

    all the waiters were suave and deferential
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She didn't belong with these suave men in their summer wear, or the chic women in their expensive dresses and bathing suits.
    • He's known for his soft, suave nasal voice and gentle demeanour.
    • His friends looked as though they didn't know what had hit them when Brandon walked through the door with suave confidence.
    • While McConnell is just as sharp, balanced, and articulate as Roberts, he is less suave and more direct.
    • Despite his attempts to seem sophisticated and suave, he is endearingly naive, but also intelligent and thoughtful.
    • Needless to say he was suave, had great finesse, and a quiet sense of style.
    • Intense emotions of fear, anger and jealousy bombard the once suave male.
    • The royal equivalent of a Hollywood matinee idol, he was tall, suave, charming and debonair, with the unmistakeable look of his Hanoverian forebears.
    • In the action field, he's not a fighter, like the martial arts brigade, but a throwback to the era of suave gentleman spies.
    • According to marketing, drinking is wonderful, it helps you get the girl or the guy, it's exotic and makes you cool, suave and sophisticated.
    • He coolly leans against a pillar and appears the personification of suave elegance, wearing a modern tuxedo.
    • He was an amazing dancer and his demeanor radiated confidence and suave.
    • It was a suave, sophisticated affair with no riff-raff allowed in the door.
    • But suave man of mystery he isn't, and he just looks uncomfortable and out of place throughout the film.
    • He was a suave man, and he had won the respect of millions.
    • He could easily have passed for just another suave foreign businessman.
    • Jake always managed to insult my very being and yet able to do it in his arrogant, oh-so charming and suave way.
    • Ray Porter played by Steve Martin is suave, rich and a consummate seducer.
    • He is so suave he won't run for fear of getting a strand of hair out of place.
    • He might have moved away from being the Angry Young Man to now being the suave older man, but some things will never change including his original screen name.
    Synonyms
    charming, sophisticated, debonair, urbane, worldly, worldly-wise, polished, refined, poised, self-possessed, dignified, civilized, gentlemanly, gallant

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘gracious, agreeable’): from Old French, or from Latin suavis ‘agreeable’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

 
 
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