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Meaning of dicty | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. stylish and respectable; high-class
  2. striving to seem stylish and respectable; pretentious
  3. 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.
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See also

dictyodromous dictyogenous dictyoid dictyonal dictyoseptate dictyosporous

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