suaveness

Definition of suavenessnext

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Noun
  • Cary Grant built a career on smirking suavity; Cate Blanchett has made an art form of falling apart with tragic intensity.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • If Stone is rage incarnate, RZA, as Hutch’s samurai-sword-wielding brother, is pure Zen suavity.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Her stage presence, fashion and gracefulness all stood out, said Billy Mitchell, the Apollo's in-house historian.
    Noelle Lilley, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Ca$ino, which feels like a difficult yet necessary transition out of The Melodic Blue and lacks that album’s easy gracefulness, may not yield an immediate answer.
    Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But the glory and gentility that had been the Pontchartrain was gone.
    Rick Bragg, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
  • In modernizing and Americanizing the Charles Dickens novel, Alfonso Cuarón expunged many of Great Expectations’s subplots in favor of a 1998-friendly romantic drama that cemented Paltrow as an emblem of gentility.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • June 21 – July 22 This morning favors poise and grace, especially at work.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Sancho’s poise then set the tone for what was to follow.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The women carried their burden with grace and defeated Notre Dame.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The 2024 World silver medalist brought her characteristic grace and glamour — and a new, high-scoring opening jump — to her Sophia Loren medley short program.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The White House will have to do a lot of reassurance diplomacy when the bombs stop falling.
    Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Pakistani officials have said their public effort follows weeks of quiet diplomacy, while providing few details.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Henfling doesn’t have any personal good luck charms, but resting on his console at Mission Control in Houston will be a special cloth patch given to him by the Artemis II astronaut crew.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The study sessions were first organized during the COVID-19 pandemic by Entree, the youth association of the Concertgebouw, to help students improve their concentration and introduce them to the charms of classical music.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There’s a quixotic gallantry to appealing to a saner conservative and looking ahead to a post-Trump American politics.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Queen Elizabeth later awarded Beaton the George's Cross, Britain’s highest civilian award for gallantry, for his role in saving her daughter’s life, and bestowed honors on Callender, as well as the other policemen and onlookers who intervened.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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“Suaveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suaveness. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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