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stylish

Adjective CEFR C2 Standard
ˈstaɪlɪʃ

Definitions

  1. Having style.
  2. elegant, graceful
  3. stylish, fancy, chic, smart, classy, high-toned, sleek, posh, fine, fashionable, dashing, snazzy, dressy, nifty, swank, swanky, ritzy
  4. Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress.
  5. Having a particular directing style or cinematography.

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Examples

““[…] Did you ever see⟳ her? a smart, stylish girl they say⟳, but not handsome. […]””
“[…] and that her darling boy, with his beautiful face⟳ and stylish air “beyond anybody else’s son in Middlemarch,” would be sure to get⟳ like⟳ that family in plainness of appearance and carelessness about his clothes.”
““That’s it!” cried Clare, pleased to think⟳ that she had reverted to the real pronunciation. “What place⟳ is The Herons?” “A stylish lodging-house. ’Tis all lodging-houses here, bless ’ee.””
“But I presume he was too stylish for me—he travelled for the firm, and had seen a great deal⟳ of society.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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