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suave


 
  Grep  of  noun  suave 
  sium  suave 
  suaveness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  suave 
 
  The  adj  suave  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  debonair,  debonaire,  debonnaire,  suave  --  (having  a  sophisticated  charm;  "a  debonair  gentleman") 
  2.  (1)  politic,  smooth,  suave  --  (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) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  suave 
 
  2  senses  of  suave 
 
  Sense  1 
  debonair,  debonaire,  debonnaire,  suave 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  refined)  ->  unrefined 
 
  Sense  2 
  politic,  smooth,  suave 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  diplomatic)  ->  undiplomatic 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  suave 
 
  2  senses  of  suave 
 
  Sense  1 
  debonair,  debonaire,  debonnaire,  suave 
  =>  refined  (vs.  unrefined) 
 
  Sense  2 
  politic,  smooth,  suave 
  =>  diplomatic  (vs.  undiplomatic),  diplomatical 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  suave 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  suave 
 
  suave  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  suave 
  suave 
 
  Overview  of  adj  suave 
 
  The  adj  suave  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  debonair,  debonaire,  debonnaire,  suave  --  (having  a  sophisticated  charm;  "a  debonair  gentleman") 
  2.  (1)  politic,  smooth,  suave  --  (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) 



suave definition