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She has been trained to society's suavity, and they seem quite like young barbarians Floyd and his mother talk a little at the lower end of the room, then she proposes they shall take the library Or better still," says he, "get a shawl and let us have a turn outside.— Floyd Grandon's Honor
His smiling suavity, his gracious manner, had given place to taciturnity and Ore City's choicest bon mots_, its time-tested pleasantries, fell upon inattentive ears.— The Man from the Bitter Roots
His combativeness was harnessed to his suavity, and he could be forcible and at the same time persuasive These qualities were re-inforced by remarkable firmness, as shown by the measurement over the top of the head, where the development is a half-inch in excess of that of Daniel Webster, and a quarter inch above that of Napoleon Bonaparte.— How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony
Explained Shu[u]zen in all kindness and suavity--"Fires in the braziers in this heat were too terrific even to think of; so punk (_hinawa_) has been substituted.... No need for thanks; the mere duty of the host.— Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2
Then entered three men who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity, as officers of the police.— Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform

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