Dandyish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Dandyish is an adjective meaning Characteristic of or resembling the style of a dandy.
Meaning
Characteristic of or resembling the style of a dandy.
Example Sentences
His clothes were sombre, clean but not immaculate, pressed, but yesterday perhaps not today. In short, neither slovenly nor dandyish.
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.
As he crossed the drawing room he acknowledged himself with a flattered smile in a mirror. He was wearing a wing collar, and something dandyish in him, some memory of the licence and discipline of being in a play, lifted his mood.
Synonyms for dandyish
Depending on context, synonyms include dandiacal, foppish, beauish, buckish, coxcombical, dandified.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foppish, dandified, elegant, buckish, jaunty, dressy.
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