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suavity | suavify |

As a noun suavity

is (obsolete) sweetness to the taste.

As a verb suavify is

(rare|transitive) to make affable or suave.

suavity

English

Noun

(suavities)
  • (obsolete) Sweetness to the taste.
  • The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; softness; smoothness; pleasantness; gentleness; urbanity; as, suavity of manners; suavity of language, conversation, or address.
  • *1881 , :
    • [...] nothing, not even the crude curves of the railway, can utterly deform the suavity of contour of one bay after another along the whole reach of the Riviera.
    ..names full of legendary suavity and interest..

    See also

    * suaveness * blandness

    References

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    suavify

    English

    Verb

  • (rare) To make affable or suave.
    • (Webster 1913)