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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: 'pleasant, sweet', from Latin suavis

suave

 adjective
     
suave
someone who is suave is polite, confident, and relaxed, sometimes in an insincere way:
a suave and sophisticated gentleman
—suavely adverb
—suavity , suaveness noun [uncountable]
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