suave
smoothly charming or pleasant
Root
- suav: sweet, pleasant, or soothing
Other words with the suav root
Suav carries sweet or pleasant. Suave charm is smooth on the surface, sometimes sincerely, sometimes too smoothly.
His suave answer sounded polished, but it slipped past the real question.
Suave is charm with the rough edges sanded off. Keep the sweetness image, then add a little caution: smooth speech can comfort, flatter, or quietly dodge.