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swanky
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective swanky has 1 sense
- swanky(s = adj.all) swank - imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment" Derived form noun swank1
CIDE DICTIONARY
swanky, n. [Cf. G. schwank flexible, pliant.].
An active and clever young fellow. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
swanky, adj. (swankier, swankiest)
1 marked by swank; ostentatiously smart or showy.
2 (of a person) inclined to swank; boastful.
1 marked by swank; ostentatiously smart or showy.
2 (of a person) inclined to swank; boastful.
Derivative
swankily adv. swankiness n.
THESAURUS
swanky
Babylonian, Corinthian, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, braw, chic, chichi, classy, clothes-conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, deluxe, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, elaborate, elegant, exquisite, extravagant, fancy, fashionable, fine, genteel, glorious, grand, grandiose, imposing, impressive, jaunty, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, noble, palatial, plush, posh, princely, proud, recherche, ritzy, sharp, sleek, smart, smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, spruce, stately, style-conscious, stylish, sumptuous, superb, superfancy, superfine, swank, swell, swish, tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed, well-groomed
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