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Webster 1913 Edition


Suavity

Suav′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
suavitas
: cf. F.
suavité
.]
1.
Sweetness to the taste.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
2.
The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; softness; pleasantness; gentleness; urbanity;
as,
suavity
of manners;
suavity
of language, conversation, or address
.
Glanvill.

Webster 1828 Edition


Suavity

SUAVITY

,
Noun.
[L.]
1.
Sweetness, in a literal sense. [Not in use.]
2.
Sweetness, in a figurative sense; that which is to the mind what sweetness is to the tongue; agreeableness; softness; pleasantness; as suavity of manners; suavity of language, conversation or address.