suavely, adv.
(ˈsweɪvlɪ)
[f. suave a. + -ly2.]
1. In a suave manner; with suavity.
| 1862 Thornbury Turner I. 317 Mr. Judkins suavely waves his glass. 1873 Black Pr. Thule xxii, ‘Oh, there is no use getting into an anger’, said Mackenzie, suavely. 1902 R. Hichens Londoners 38 ‘So glad to find you at home, dear Mrs. Verulam’, the Duchess said suavely. |
2. Agreeably, sweetly, gently.
| 1883 Symonds Ital. Byways vi. 103 Low hills to right and left; suavely modelled heights in the far distance. 1887 A. Elliot Old Man's Favour I. ii. i. 204 Mrs. Hammond's voice..fell suavely on her ear. |
So ˈsuaveness, suavity.
| 1905 W. E. B. Du Bois Souls Blk. Folk iii. 58 We cannot settle this problem by diplomacy and suaveness. |