Nobby
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Nobby is an adjective meaning (UK, informal) Wealthy or of high social position; of or pertaining to a nob (person of great wealth or social standing).
Meaning
(UK, informal) Wealthy or of high social position; of or pertaining to a nob (person of great wealth or social standing).
More Meanings
- (US, informal) Fashionable or chic.
Example Sentences
Alcibiades, was the nobbiest boy in Greece.
Undertaking?—why it's the dead-surest business in Christendom, and the nobbiest.
1925 April 11, Busybody, "Jottings About Town", in The New Yorker, page 25, Quite nobby are the suitings appearing on some of our better Fifth Avenue young men.
I'll come back in the course of the evening, if agreeable to you, and endeavor to meet your wishes respecting this unfortunate family matter, and the nobbiest way of keeping it quiet.
Word Forms
- nobbier
- nobbiest
Synonyms for nobby
Depending on context, synonyms include classy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include snooty, nabobical, niblike, posh, toffee-nosed, hobnobby.
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