Meaning of dandyish | Babel Free

Definitions

Characteristic of or resembling the style of a dandy.

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Examples

“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.”

“His clothes were sombre, clean⟳ but not immaculate, pressed, but yesterday perhaps not today. In short, neither slovenly nor dandyish.”

“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.”

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