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Meanings of suavity in английском

The quality of being bland and gracious or ingratiating in manner.

Синонимы
Examples for "smoothness"
Examples for "smoothness"
1
Rucking up the smoothness of all her long, hard years of work?
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2
The smoothness of his manner was gone; his tone expressed mortal anxiety.
In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
3
But in the later oration there is a greater finish and smoothness.
Daniel Webster
4
He spoke with enthusiasm of the smoothness and swiftness of the journey.
The Light in the Clearing: A Tale of the North Country in the Ti...
5
The rocky way may prove safer than the slippery path of smoothness.
The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities
1
He moved along with it, amazed by the blandness of the presence.
Hell House
2
It is adding, they suggest, to a worrying blandness in musical tastes.
The Guardian
3
However impatient he may have been with her blandness he said readily:
Main Street
4
It reflects a wildness and a kindness, and rejects blandness and self-importance.
The Irish Times
5
Embedded in the blandness of the Corn Belt were plenty of Jokers.
The Long Earth
1
We cannot settle this problem by diplomacy and suaveness, by "policy" alone.
The Souls of Black Folk
2
Clark McKay was a vision of suaveness, pure and simple.
Dead air
3
There was none of the suaveness, the delicate responsiveness of her late host at Porchester House.
Peter Ruff and the Double Four
4
That suaveness served Brosnan well while playing a variation on Tony Blair in Roman Polanski's The Ghost .
The Irish Times
5
When Carvalho impressed it was not with his usual suaveness but with the hair-raising lunge that sent the ball behind when Eto'o nearly outstripped him.
The Guardian
Usage of suavity in английском
1
The surprised waiter explained with all suavity: The price of the breakfast.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
2
In social intercourse the younger cousin's good-humour and suavity were practically indestructible.
The Price of Love
3
Tired and worn, there was still a remarkable suavity in his bearing.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
4
Manuel, with great suavity, had overset the former and defied the latter.
Plotting in Pirate Seas
5
But at sight of Judge Whipple on the steps his suavity returned.
The Crisis — Complete
6
He hated silence, and generally returned to the conversation with more suavity.
Saracinesca
7
Nor did she find in her painter any of Dill's soft suavity.
Under the Skylights
8
Confusion was but food for his smiles, importunity but increased his suavity.
The Crisis — Volume 03
9
His voice, with its suggestion of suavity, fell soothingly on her nerves.
The Voice of the People
10
That is the charge, colonel, replied the mayor, with particular condescension and suavity.
Manuel Pereira; Or, The Sovereign Rule of South Carolina
11
By his suavity and impudence, he gained control of General Morris.
Between the Lines: Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After
12
Every suggestion of native suavity and prudence was swept away in tumultuous revolt.
Eve's Ransom
13
A something of infinite suavity and aristocratic serenity pervades the Château de Chenonceaux.
Over Strand and Field: A Record of Travel through Brittany
14
Before he opened the door he was all suavity once more.
The Pirate of Panama: A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure
15
George introduced the Captain to his father with the suavity of a courtier.
Manuel Pereira; Or, The Sovereign Rule of South Carolina
16
That once accomplished, they reverted to their habitual practice of politeness and suavity.
Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters
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