But, of course, that attitude is concealed by the suavity of his demeanour.
That should surely have sunk in amidst all the suavity and charm.
Who withered an opponent with more graceful suavity?
We have seen a parliamentary steamroller driven with great suavity but a remarkable lack of conviction.
Many of us are lost in admiration for the suavity with which he makes dangerous, warlike policies look respectable.
I suggest that we turn our attention from the way they did it, with all their usual suavity and skill, to what they were doing.
But suavity has its limits.
He threw in his lot with the reformers, and composed many heated debates by his courtly suavity and excellent knowledge of business.
