- plural of suavity.
suavities
Example Sentences
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Outdoors is more tractable to the director then the shifting suavities of the drawing room.
From Time Magazine Archive
Over Charity's shoulder and through the spray of the goura on her hat he saw Kedzie sharp and stark, her suavities of line and the milk-smooth fabric of her envelope.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
The two women were perfectly conscious of reciprocal dislike, but they smothered the feeling beneath conventional suavities.
From New Grub Street by Gissing, George
She was charmed by the spirit of the place, constrained by its suggestion of fair observances, high decencies, and social suavities.
From The Helpmate by Sinclair, May
Neither the suavities of Carteret nor the intrigues of Walpole had any chance against the set opposition which met them.
From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 06 The Drapier's Letters by Swift, Jonathan
