outsuave

Syllables: out·suave/aʊtˈswɑːv/

outsuave verb: to exceed in suaveness.

Verb

outsuave (third-person singular simple present outsuaves, present participle outsuaving, simple past and past participle outsuaved)

(rare, transitive) To exceed in suaveness.
- Robert Conradre turns as Thomas Remington Sloane, a supersleuth who almost outsuaves James Bond in his feats of derring-do.1979 September 22, Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa, page 8
- Then again, when she’d made the huge mistake of falling in love with this man, he’d been William Prescott Wyatt, a man who could outsuave Pierce Brosnan or even Cary Grant.2006, JoAnn Ross, Impulse, Pocket Star Books, →ISBN, page 119

Rains and Milland spend most of their time trying to outsuave each other, with O’Hara caught uncomfortably between them.2013, Aubrey Malone, Maureen O’Hara: The Biography, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 128:
It is the best I have ever seen.” Not to be outsuaved, he kissed Elaine’s hand, too.2018, Bobbi JG Weiss, Ride: The Search for TK, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 237:

third-person singular present	outsuaves
present participle	outsuaving
past participle	outsuaved
past	outsuaved
alternative form	out-suave

From out- + suave.

What does outsuave mean?: Outsuave means to exceed in suaveness.
How do you use outsuave in a sentence?: Rains and Milland spend most of their time trying to outsuave each other, with O’Hara caught uncomfortably between them.
What part of speech is outsuave?: Outsuave is a verb.
How do you pronounce outsuave?: Outsuave is pronounced /aʊtˈswɑːv/.
What is the past tense of outsuave?: The past tense of outsuave is outsuaved.

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