suavities

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Outdoors is more tractable to the director then the shifting suavities of the drawing room.

From Time Magazine Archive

I hoped, however, like the foolish inexperienced old bachelor I am, that her feminine asperity would be tempered by the suavities of married life.

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James

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

Even Mrs. Dyckman was afraid of Mrs. Abby, who lacked the suavities of Wotton.

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