Adjective: suave
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | suaver |
| Superlative | suavest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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a man with a suave demeanor
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suave excellence
Adjectives inflected like suave
scarce,
smoove,
sombre,
wholsome,
sheene,
bolshie,
baroque,
concrete,
seveare,
comf'table,
shrewde,
'umble,
grislie,
unsubtle,
ungentle,
indiscrete,
couthie,
chavvie,
lissome,
cutesie, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle English suave, borrowed from Latin suāvis (“sweet, pleasant”); doublet of sweet. First attested in the early 15th century. See: Latin Adjectives '
suāvis'.