Dandyish

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of or resembling the style of a dandy.

    "The latter was a stranger to him but in the darkness, by the aid of the glowing cigarette tips, he could make out a pale dandyish face over which a smile was travelling slowly, a tall overcoated figure and a hard hat."

Adjective
  1. 1
    affecting extreme elegance in dress and manner wordnet

Synonyms

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beauishbuckishchichicoxcombicaldandiacaldandiacal

Example

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"The latter was a stranger to him but in the darkness, by the aid of the glowing cigarette tips, he could make out a pale dandyish face over which a smile was travelling slowly, a tall overcoated figure and a hard hat."

Etymology

From dandy + -ish.

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