suaveness

Definition of suavenessnext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suaveness
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
  • In those moments, though, there's just a gracefulness in the world.
    Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Ferrara’s arrival in New York City and subsequent entry into the movie business is presented as something like a case of recidivism, a dive from suburban gentility into the cauldron of steaming garbage that was Fun City–era Manhattan.
    Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The jazz piano of Bill Evans was characterized by grace and poise, a lightness of touch yielding a plaintive depth of feeling, that belied a life beset with chaos and tragedy.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Never losing your cool or your poise, but staying firm in your goals and your direction.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Now, after the 75-year-old’s sudden fall from grace, China’s military hierarchy lies in tatters.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Insipid as this might sound, Bonito approaches MIDI arrangements with grace as each groove gets weirder by the minute.
    Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The diplomats presented to Western politicians as moderates are tasked with using diplomacy to buy time for Khamenei.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Her methodical approach and deep Latin American expertise position her to handle day-to-day diplomacy as Washington recalibrates its relationship with Caracas.
    Yamlek Mojica Loaisiga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Yet once inside, the venue is undeniably a tribute to the all-American charm the label is so synonymous with.
    Nick Remsen, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2026
  • However, the range has expanded over the years to incorporate mixed-metal designs, such as yellow gold chain necklaces with resin charms and minimalist statement earrings made from silver or gold-plated brass.
    Kristina Rutkowski, Glamour, 5 Feb. 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 16 Feb. 2026.

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