Choose the Right Synonym for suave

suave, urbane, diplomatic, bland, smooth, politic mean pleasantly tactful and well-mannered. suave suggests a specific ability to deal with others easily and without friction. a suave public relations coordinator urbane implies high cultivation and poise coming from wide social experience. an urbane traveler diplomatic stresses an ability to deal with ticklish situations tactfully. a diplomatic negotiator bland emphasizes mildness of manner and absence of irritating qualities. a bland master of ceremonies smooth suggests often a deliberately assumed suavity. a smooth salesman politic implies shrewd as well as tactful and suave handling of people. a cunningly politic manager

Examples of suave in a Sentence

I am pleased, also, to think I pulled it off. I didn't do anything too stupid or gauche, and even though it was my first time at a spa, I managed to bluff my way through in a suitably suave, urbane fashion without any embarrassing social gaffes. — Will Ferguson, Beauty Tips From Moose Jaw, 2004 When she had been Miss Tampa, a suave major leaguer had courted her till she found out he was married, with children. — Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated, 19 Mar. 2001 Bobby gets a lot of tough love at home. As suave and polite as he seems to outsiders, he has "two personalities," says his stepmother Wille. "He's a con artist." His parents kicked him out of the house in August, trying to scare him after he came home drunk at 5 a. m. — Stacy Perman, Time, 25 Oct. 1999 a suave and sophisticated businessman the suave gentleman was a great favorite of the elegant ladies who attended parties at the embassy

Recent Examples on the Web At the end of the film, Long throws Sam a surprise quinceañera and wows the guests with his shockingly suave Latin dance moves. — Carlos Greaves, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2021 Well, not that old and still quite suave and dashing. — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020 Meanwhile, Shiloh looked suave in a zip-up jacket with faded gold and silver stripes running horizontally, and paired the jacket with classic trousers. — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Oct. 2019 In one clip, Stamos channeled suave Uncle Jesse to fix his hair. — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2020 Thomas Rhett is known for his singalong-worthy songs, dynamic live performances, and, of course, for his suave appearance and good looks. — Natalie Schumann, Country Living, 5 Apr. 2020 The young, suave Pin-Jui (played by Hong-Chi Lee) romances his childhood sweetheart, grooves to Otis Redding, and dreams of traveling to the States. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2020 It was saturated with yearning yet fantastically suave, heedlessly skidding from ecstasy through agony and back, like a NASCAR racer who’d severed his own brakes. — Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020 Kudos to Craig and Bennett for going for it here, especially the typically suave British actor best known for playing James Bond. — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 9 Mar. 2020

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