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suant

UK/ˈsjuː.ənt/

suant adjective: smooth, or proceeding smoothly.

Adjective

suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)

  1. (Cornwall, dialectal, obsolete, rare) Smooth, or proceeding smoothly.

Adverb

suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete, rare) Smoothly; without difficulty.
    • When all sems gwayin' suant, Jist when 'e sem 'e've schuled ther hart, […]1867, William Frederick Rock, Jim and Nell: A Dramatic Poem in the Dialect of North Devon, page 11
    • Peter and his wife did not get on very "suant" together.1899, Sabine Baring-Gould, Book of the West, page 252
    Synonyms:
    smoothly, well, suantly

Synonyms of suant

Forms of suant

Adjective
comparativemore suant
superlativemost suant
alternative formsuent
Adverb
comparativemore suant
superlativemost suant

Origin of suant

From Middle English suant (“following”), from Anglo-Norman suant, from Old French suiant, sivant, present participle of sivre (“to follow”), from Latin sequor.

Words formed from suant

  • suantly

Questions about suant

What does suant mean?
Suant means smooth, or proceeding smoothly.
What part of speech is suant?
Suant can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce suant?
Suant is pronounced /ˈsjuː.ənt/ (UK).

Words near suant in the dictionary

  1. suan-pans
  2. Suanen
  3. suanite
  4. suanpan
  5. suanpans
  6. suant
  7. Suao
  8. Suares
  9. Suareses
  10. Suarez
  11. Suas

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