(a.) Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Slipstream , her raw and honest memoir, she recounts how her debonair father, David, would kiss her on the lips and grope her, while her mother, Kit, a former ballerina, "thought that everything to do with sex was absolutely disgusting".
(2) Keen to make the most of the global interest the film has aroused, the city council on Friday unveiled a series of itineraries for tourists and locals keen to follow in the debonair steps of Jep Gambardella, The Great Beauty's protagonist.
(3) Here's the problem, Britain: these men all possess debonair charm, refined good looks, and the ability to deliver intelligent, nuanced performances.
(4) A wiry 57, he arrives for lunch at Bar Pitti on Sixth Avenue, New York City, looking debonair in a cashmere Canali sports jacket.
(5) It has become a deeply personal fight with her main opponent, the debonair MP and mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, from former president Nicolas Sarkozy’s right-wing Les Républicains party.
(6) Debonair and unflappable, former journalist Les Hinton served as Rupert Murdoch's consigliere for over a decade, smoothing the ruffled feathers of the rich and powerful whenever they were on the receiving end of stories published in News International's stable of titles.
(7) Craig was initially seen as a somewhat risky choice for Bond before his debut in Casino Royale in 2006, viewed by some as insufficiently debonair and arched-eyebrowed, even too blond.
(8) That bodes well for James Bond fans: work on a 23rd movie about Ian Fleming's debonair spy has been frozen since April while MGM, which owns the Bond franchise, sorts out its problems.
(9) A roguish and debonair art dealer, our hero has been described as an amoral Bertie Wooster with psychopathic tendencies.
(10) Depp, who only last week agreed to play Charlie Mortdecai in a film based on Kyril Bonfiglioli's books about the eccentric and debonair English art dealer, will once again portray the Mad Hatter in Hollywood's latest riff on the classic Lewis Carroll tale.
(11) There is a similar bifurcation in drama: while the film shows the delightfully homemade sound effects being created for a broadcast of Macbeth, the lighter end of theatre is represented by Eric Maschwitz, the debonair head of variety, seen urging a producer to make sure a music-hall act’s jokes are cleaned up (“It won’t get by for a moment, old boy”).
(12) It’s the only place I’ve kept going to for all the time I’ve lived here.” DEBONAIR is a DJ and hosts a bi-weekly show on NTS Radio .
(13) When Piano, who is a debonair 76, got the call late last summer in the back of a New York cab, his immediate reaction was an endearing, almost indignant, disbelief.
(14) Tall, immaculate and debonair into old age, Henry continued to work as a match-day host at White Hart Lane until 2006, when ill health forced him to give up his commitment to his beloved Spurs.
(15) Dastardly, debonair, dapper, devious, dignified and more than a little degenerate, the Lannister family has hit its stride.
(16) For my maiden voyage, I settled on a ride from London to Paris, offered on BlaBlaCar by a debonair Parisian named Jean K, who, according to reviews, was de confiance (trustworthy).
(17) Laura Wade-Gery could be a Barbara Taylor-Bradford heroine or a Jackie Collins boardroom badass: debonair, moneyed and connected as only a diplomat’s daughter could be, well-travelled, ambitious, successful – and about to become a mother at 50.
Suave
Definition:
(a.) Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland.
Example Sentences:
(1) When I was nine or 10 I leapt directly from Doctor Dolittle to Dr No, leaving behind all those stupid talking animals and free-falling into a far naughtier realm of suavely promiscuous government assassins, hot shell-diving beauties and villains with metal hands and messianic plans for humanity.
(2) Here are seven takeaways from our first proper look at Daniel Craig’s fourth outing as the suave British spy.
(3) Instead, he was re-imagined as a suave gent in a v-neck cashmere sweater, mixing drinks, listening to records, and appreciating the 'finer things in life', like jazz and beautiful women.
(4) He appeared well, even suave in comparison to his fellow defendants, who were clad in white prison tracksuits.
(5) Granted, the Bond series is currently on a high after the impressive critical and box-office success of 2012’s Skyfall, but in a world dominated by men wouldn’t a suave and irresistible female secret agent make a better undercover “blunt instrument” for MI6?
(6) On the contrary, the elites are suave, silver-tongued, charming and highly educated, especially about history.
(7) The real 24th Bond movie, once again starring Daniel Craig as the suave super-agent, does not start filming until October.
(8) Most of all, I will miss his style: his suave deportment; his droll sense of humour; his understatement and his physical energy; his articulacy; his charm; his grace.
(9) The suave De Alba will be central to the success, or otherwise, of Copenhagen.
(10) Director Sam Mendes is to return following the $1bn success of 2012 outing Skyfall, which saw Daniel Craig in his third outing as the suave British secret agent.
(11) A suave English college professor obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe, he says things like, "You've been quite the disappointment, Ryan", and smirks when anyone suggests he's an arsehole.
(12) Adam Afriyie , the suave multimillionaire MP for Windsor, has been reportedly groomed as a replacement for the prime minister if the Tories fail to deliver a majority government in 2015.
(13) But the man once hailed in the west as the suave, stylish embodiment of a new Afghanistan will be taking a long rest next year when he steps down as president of his fractured and impoverished country.
(14) O. canum, O. gratissimum, O. trichodon and O. urticifolium (synonym O. suave) including some chemotypes, were screened for antimicrobial activities.
(15) The suave, silver-fox proprietor, Antony Farrell, keeps the press running with the aid of an ever-rotating crew of young interns, giving the premises the vibe of an affable and bookish Bond villain’s lair.
(16) The silver haired, suavely suited Sean FitzPatrick was declared bankrupt two years after he resigned from his post at the very top of the bank.
(17) With his politician’s charm – fuelled by an inexhaustible supply of silver-fox suaveness – Clooney gets on to the subject of diversity, a topic still convulsing Hollywood.
(18) The ANC's chief negotiators, Cyril Ramaphosa and Joe Slovo , were suave and elegant men.
(19) The matched ulnar resection and the hemiresection interposition arthroplasty are both effective procedures; however, the Suave-Kapandji procedure also can be used to address relative ligamentous laxity at the ulnar aspect of the wrist.
(20) Smooth Operator (1984) Arguably the band's signature single, the accuracy with which its suave music, complete with sax solo, conveyed the business-class lifestyle of its subject set the tone for how they would be perceived over their entire career.