suent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   dialectal: smooth, even, regular, or working steadily

   After the repair, every joint in the old machine moved suent.

2. 2
   adj

   dialectal: agreeable, placid, or quiet in manner

   Her suent temper helped settle the argument.

3. 3
   adv

   dialectal: smoothly, evenly, or steadily

   The restored mechanism ran suent through the night.

An alteration of Middle English suaunt or suante, 'following, agreeable, smooth,' from Old French suiant or suant, the present participle of suir, 'to follow.' It survives chiefly as a dialect word for something even, orderly, steady, or agreeable.

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