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Recent Examples of suavity
Cary Grant built a career on smirking suavity; Cate Blanchett has made an art form of falling apart with tragic intensity.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suavity
Noun
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But this was close to the borderline of gentility.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Modesty, gentility, and protocol have no place in the apartment grope.—
Nicholas Pileggi,
Curbed,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Caleb Williams displayed poise, tossing four touchdowns and avoiding pressure for the first time this season.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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American moxie one minute, European poise the next.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Please give us grace during this time.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Sep. 2025
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Not everyone will meet truth with grace, but some will.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There’s an atemporal quality to the film’s stylized alternate reality, which blends an old-world charm with signs of a technocratic dystopia, all contained to a few blocks in an imaginary town.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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The actor, who plays the dashing Prince Fiyero in Wicked, has commanded the stage, small screen, and now Hollywood blockbusters—all while maintaining the same approachable charm that first drew audiences to him in the early days of his 30-year career.—
Olivia-Anne Cleary,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Alongside panel sessions, the event will also feature live performances and fashion showcases featuring designers from across the African continent, alongside sessions on investment and diplomacy.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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With a focus on these three figures, the world hinted at in the photograph—a world of political diplomacy and military decorum— becomes a messier and more interesting place.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The sun is currently transiting diplomatic Libra, a sign of balance, beauty and tact.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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With five OGs from the founding cast that was assembled in 2020 still in tact heading into season six, the women of Salt Lake City understand what’s expected as housewives.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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Other reasons to seek additional care can include continued irritation, watering, burning, eye pain, mucus discharge, sensitivity to light, reduced vision and any flaking, discharge or sores on the eye or eyelid.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Pose was groundbreaking in many ways, but the FX drama deserves credit for being one of very few shows to depict the HIV-positive experience with sensitivity and a sense of dignity.—
James Factora,
Them.,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Suavity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suavity. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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