suave

• adj.柔らかい、優しい；洗練された、巧みな

ラテン語のsuavis、甘い、心地よい、PIE*swad、甘い、語源的にはsweet、assuageと同じから。

suave

suave: see persuade

suave (adj.)

early 15c., "gracious, kindly, pleasant, delightful," from Latin suavis "agreeable, sweet, pleasant (to the senses), delightful," from PIE root *swad- "sweet, pleasant" (see sweet (adj.)). In reference to persons, sense of "smoothly agreeable" first recorded 1815 (implied in suavity). Related: Suavely.

1. He is a suave ，cool and cultured man.

彼は世故的で冷静で教養のある人だ。

2.That same year he made his Broadway debut,playing a suave radio journalist.

その同年、ブロードウェイに初登場し、温和で上品なラジオ記者を演じた。

3.In conversation，he was suave and urbane.

話す時、彼は穏やかで礼儀正しい。

4.Where Root had been suave ，knox was often offensive.

ルートは温和で上品で、ノックスは唐突でそそっかしい。

5.His manner was aristocratic，his movements dapper and suave .

彼は意気軒昂で、上品で、振る舞いがスマートである。