suavity
smooth pleasantness or polished charm
Root
- suav: sweet, pleasant, or soothing
Other words with the suav root
Suavity is suave turned into a quality: smooth pleasantness you can hear in a voice or see in manners.
Her suavity softened the criticism without making it dishonest.
Suavity is not just niceness. It is polished pleasantness. In the best case, it makes hard words easier to receive; in the worst case, it makes evasion sound elegant.