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suave

  [swahv] ,
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–adjective, suav⋅er, suav⋅est.
(of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
Origin:
1495–1505; < F < L suāvis sweet

Related forms:
suavely, adverb
suaveness, noun

Synonyms:
sophisticated, worldly.
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suave   (swäv)   
adj.   suav·er, suav·est
Smoothly agreeable and courteous.

[French, agreeable, from Old French, from Latin suāvis, delightful, sweet; see swād- in Indo-European roots.]
suave'ly adv., suave'ness, suav'i·ty (swä'vĭ-tē) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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suave [swɑv]

  1. n.
    personal polish and smoothness. : Man, does that guy ever have suave!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

suave 
c.1501, "gracious, kindly," from M.Fr. suave, from L. suavis "agreeable," from PIE base *swad- (see sweet). In ref. to persons, sense of "smoothly agreeable" first recorded 1815 (in suavity).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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