suave 
suave (swäv)
adjective suaver, suavest
smoothly gracious or polite; polished; blandly ingratiating; urbane
Etymology: MFr < L suavis, sweet
suave
modif.
suave suggests the smoothly gracious social manner of one who deals with people easily and tactfully a suave sophisticate; urbane suggests the social poise of one who is highly cultivated and has had much worldly experience an urbane cosmopolite; diplomatic implies adroitness and tactfulness in dealing with people and handling delicate situations, sometimes in such a way as to gain one's own ends a diplomatic answer that avoided offending either party; politic also expresses this idea, often stressing the expediency or opportunism of a particular policy pursued a politic move; bland is the least complex of these terms, simply implying a gentle or ingratiating pleasantness and a lack of irritating factors a bland disposition
Modifying Another Word
- very: I agree tho the first Master was very suave and sophisticated.
- effortlessly: His ungainly movement and grinning face were very different from Buckingham's effortlessly suave, understated elegance.
- too: Of course, Dave was too suave and cool for all that caper.
Modifies a noun
- spy: Pierce Brosnan could return as James Bond despite saying he had quit as the role of the suave spy.
- agent: When the suave secret agent is eventually liberated, he embarks on a. .
- man: A cool, suave, sophisticated man with a lively satirical wit.
- sophistication: The other cast carried the show along comfortably with Oliver Darley bringing the necessary mixture of menace and suave sophistication to his role.
- suit: Suave double-breasted suits in iridescent bronze and jade, all covered buttons and foppish silk hankies flowing out of breast pockets.
- manner: His fellow drinkers could only shake their heads in admiration at his suave manner.
Used with adjective complement
- look: Normally, he looks pretty suave, slightly sophisticated.
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