suave

SWAHVadj

Meaning charming, confident and smooth in manner

Memory hook S-U-A-V-E: Smooth, Unruffled, At ease. Spell it out: Smooth, Unruffled, At ease, Very charming, Elegant. Jamal glides across the stage in his bow tie and never misses a step: he is suave.

The suave magician bowed, winked and pulled a rose from behind his hat.

In context Her brother tried to look suave at the dance, but the effect was spoiled when he tripped over his own feet and spilled punch down his shirt.

Similar smooth, charming, polished, debonair

Opposite awkward, clumsy, graceless

From Latin suavis, “agreeable, sweet.”

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