suaver; suavest
1
: smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
2
: smooth in texture, performance, or style
Examples of suave in a Sentence
I am pleased, also, to think I pulled it off. I didn't do anything too stupid or gauche, and even though it was my first time at a spa, I managed to bluff my way through in a suitably suave, urbane fashion without any embarrassing social gaffes.
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Will Ferguson, Beauty Tips From Moose Jaw, 2004
When she had been Miss Tampa, a suave major leaguer had courted her till she found out he was married, with children.
—Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated, 19 Mar. 2001
Bobby gets a lot of tough love at home. As suave and polite as he seems to outsiders, he has "two personalities," says his stepmother Wille. "He's a con artist." His parents kicked him out of the house in August, trying to scare him after he came home drunk at 5 a. m.
—Stacy Perman, Time, 25 Oct. 1999
a suave and sophisticated businessman
the suave gentleman was a great favorite of the elegant ladies who attended parties at the embassy
Will Ferguson, Beauty Tips From Moose Jaw, 2004
When she had been Miss Tampa, a suave major leaguer had courted her till she found out he was married, with children.
—Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated, 19 Mar. 2001
Bobby gets a lot of tough love at home. As suave and polite as he seems to outsiders, he has "two personalities," says his stepmother Wille. "He's a con artist." His parents kicked him out of the house in August, trying to scare him after he came home drunk at 5 a. m.
—Stacy Perman, Time, 25 Oct. 1999
a suave and sophisticated businessman
the suave gentleman was a great favorite of the elegant ladies who attended parties at the embassy
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Other stories explore similar themes in equally bizarre situations: In 1880s London, a very suave Joseph Merrick, aka The Elephant Man, flirts shamelessly with the smitten wife of his very baffled doctor (Goldsberry and Kind, respectively).
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
Nashville Tennessean 0:00 0:29 For 35 years, Mavericks front man Raul Malo has occupied a space in popular music defined by a suave, smart and serially curious relationship with the grooves that define rock 'n' roll.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 4 Dec. 2024
The suave scamp buoys a ship taking on water, and the second and third episodes (of the eight-episode first season) pick up speed as their imagination balloons (thanks, in part, to director David Lowery).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo returns as suave Los Angeles defense attorney Mickey Haller, who handles his cases from the back seat of his Lincoln.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
Nashville Tennessean 0:00 0:29 For 35 years, Mavericks front man Raul Malo has occupied a space in popular music defined by a suave, smart and serially curious relationship with the grooves that define rock 'n' roll.
—Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 4 Dec. 2024
The suave scamp buoys a ship taking on water, and the second and third episodes (of the eight-episode first season) pick up speed as their imagination balloons (thanks, in part, to director David Lowery).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo returns as suave Los Angeles defense attorney Mickey Haller, who handles his cases from the back seat of his Lincoln.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Suave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suave. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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suave
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suaver; suavest
: smoothly polite and agreeable
a suave young man
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