All 4 Uses of
suave
in
Dracula
- Last night the Count asked me in the suavest tones to write three letters, one saying that my work here was nearly done, and that I should start for home within a few days, another that I was starting on the next morning from the time of the letter, and the third that I had left the castle and arrived at Bistritz.
p. 49.0suavest = the most polite and gracious
- Then, without any seeming change, he brought the conversation gently round to his visit, and suavely said, 'My dear young miss, I have the so great pleasure because you are so much beloved.'
p. 124.5 *suavely = in a charming, sophisticated manner
- I attended to all the ghastly formalities, and the urbane undertaker proved that his staff was afflicted, or blessed, with something of his own obsequious suavity.
p. 174.2suavity = polite graciousness
- The gentleman who saw me was particularly suave in manner, but uncommunicative in equal proportion.
p. 283.6suave = sophisticated and polite
Definition:
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)
("sophisticated" in the sense of knowing the proper or polite way to act, being confident, and effortlessly acting in a proper and gracious manner)