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Meaning of dicty | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

stylish and respectable; high-class
striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious
snobbish and uptight

Examples

“We had already decided that he'd have to move in with Isabel and her folks. I knew this wasn't the ideal arrangement because Isabel's folks are inclined to be dicty and they hadn't especially wanted Isabel to marry me. But I didn't know what else to do.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

dictyodromous dictyogenous dictyoid dictyonal dictyoseptate dictyosporous