suaveness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suaveness
Noun
  • Levinson, who can find warmth and humor in most circumstances, is naturally drawn toward Frank’s gentility.
    Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Ed’s monstrous behavior under the influence of cortisone shatters the veneer of middle-class gentility to reveal the fault lines repressed beneath it.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Laurel Melina nicely captures Judy’s growth from a naive newbie to a pistol-packing picture of poise.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Line-sharp pan shots and tensely exact still framings convey a severe unity of visual thought, a sense of rigor without rigidity, of composition in images that has the complex poise of a piece of music.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Three elegant fireplaces — including one in the primary bedroom — give the home warmth, grace and ambiance.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Her professionalism, grace and legal acumen set the standard.
    Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Related article How to decode a head-spinning few days of Ukraine war diplomacy Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 to force a regime change in Kyiv, planning to install a pro-Moscow government.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 22 Mar. 2025
  • During my tenure with RFE/RL, the State Department frequently complained that our broadcasts complicated their diplomacy with Communist governments.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Sands was a magnetic figure: Her personal charm radiates across time even now through the memories of her many, many friends.
    Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • But there was a charm about it, like an old-time show.
    Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Queen Victoria created the unit in 1900 after an adviser suggested that the Irish regiments should wear shamrocks on their headdress every St. Patrick's Day as a nod to the crown's appreciation for their gallantry during the Boer War, the British Army said.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
  • He was deployed to Italy, where his conspicuous gallantry in combat earned him the Military Cross.
    Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2020
Noun
  • In parallel, senior scientists — many of whom were hired for their science chops, not their empathetic leadership — should be taught compassionate mentorship, and how to respond to challenging situations with empathy and tact.
    Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Other highlights include an open-faced montre à tact (a watch that replicates the internal hour hand on the cover of the pocket watch via an arrow so that time could be read via touch) with a calendar and moonphase indications that was the inspiration for the Ref. 3330.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Suaveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suaveness. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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