suavities

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• suavities — suav·i·ty || swɑːvÉ™tɪ n. politeness, graciousness, sophisticated charm …   English contemporary dictionary

• suavity — /swah vi tee, swav i /, n., pl. suavities. 1. a suave or smoothly agreeable quality. 2. suavities, suave or courteous actions or manners; amenities. Also, suaveness. [1400 50; late ME < L suavitas pleasantness, equiv. to suav(is) SWEET + itas… …   Universalium

• suave — [swα:v] adjective (suaver, suavest) (of a man) charming, confident, and elegant. Derivatives suavely adverb suaveness noun suavity vɪti noun (plural suavities) …   English new terms dictionary

• amenity — n 1. pleasantness, pleasingness, pleasurableness, enjoyableness, agreeableness, agreeability, niceness; gentleness, softness, mildness, harmoniousness; delightfulness, gracefulness, sweetness; delectableness, tastiness, goodness, Inf. yumminess,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• suavity — /ˈswavəti/ (say swahvuhtee) noun (plural suavities) 1. suave or smoothly agreeable quality (of persons, manner, etc.). 2. (plural) suave or courteous actions or manners; amenities. Also, suaveness …  

• etiquette — [n] manners, politeness amenities, civility, code, convention, courtesy, customs, decency, decorum, deportment, dignity, form, formalities, good behavior*, mores, politesse, proper behavior, propriety, protocol, p’s and q’s*, rules, seemliness,… …   New thesaurus

• suavity — [swäv′ə tē, swav′ə tē] n. [ME suavitee < OFr suavité < L suavitas] 1. the quality of being suave; graceful politeness 2. pl. suavities a suave action, speech, etc …   English World dictionary