Definition of Suavities

1. Noun. (plural of suavity) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suavities

1. suavity [n] - See also: suavity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suavities

suasivenesses
suasory
suave
suavely
suaveness
suavenesses
suaver
suaves
suavest
suavified
suavifies
suavify
suavifying
suaviloquent
suaviloquy
suavities (current term)
suavity
sub
sub-
sub-Saharan
sub-Saharan Africa
sub-atomic
sub-brown dwarf
sub-brown dwarfs
sub-categories
sub-category
sub-clinical
sub-deacon

Literary usage of Suavities

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Whitelaw Reid by Royal Cortissoz (1921)
"Reid, he said, knew all about the suavities of English officials. He had these suavities himself. He knew just how to meet politeness of the highest degree ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1854)
"... “ Born of a noble family, naturally endowed with sensitiveness and ideality to appreciate all the amenities and suavities of that brilliant sphere, ..."

3. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"Just as the exquisite sea-anemones and all the graceful ocean-flowers die out at some fathoms below the surface, the elegances and suavities of life die out ..."

4. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"... and yet are really as far off from the deluded victim of their suavities as the topmost statue of the Milan cathedral from the peasant that kneels on ..."

5. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1918)
"To Cezanne, the easy suavities of Bouguereau were to be admired for what they represented — perfection of style and a complete technique, ..."

6. New Grub street: A Novel by George Robert Gissing (1891)
"... NEW GRUB STREET smothered the feeling beneath conventional suavities. Jasper was not backward in making known his gratitude for Dora's concession, ..."

7. An Historical and Critical Dictionary by Pierre Bayle (1826)
"... by unspeakable suavities. Its affections being thus moved, it lets them rest quietly . . and finds a delicious repose which sets it above all delights ..."

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