All 3 Uses of
suave
in
Bleak House
- "Extremely honoured, I am sure," said our poor hostess with the greatest suavity, "by this visit from the wards in Jarndyce.†
Chpt 4-6
- Miss Flite acquiesced with the greatest suavity.†
Chpt 34-36 *
- Which there's not a man alive more ready to do, for you're a man of urbanity and suavity, you know, and you've got the sort of heart that can feel for another.†
Chpt 58-60
Definition:
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(suave) having a sophisticated charm -- often said of a man who is not sincere
("sophisticated" in the sense of knowing the proper or polite way to act, being confident, and effortlessly acting in a proper and gracious manner)