Dapper
['dæpə] or ['dæpɚ]
Definition
(adj.) marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; 'a dapper young man'; 'a jaunty red hat' .
Typed by Claus--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.
Inputed by Hilary
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Active, lively, brisk, agile, nimble, spry, smart, quick, alert, ready.[2]. Spruce, nice, neat, trim, pretty.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Spruce, neat, natty, smart
ANT:Slovenly, awkward, unwieldy, untidy
Editor: Robert
Definition
adj. quick: little and active: neat: spruce.—n. Dapp′erling a dapper little fellow.
Typist: Malcolm
Examples
- Before the car I was in had started, a dapper little fellow--he would be called a dude at this day --stepped in. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was like some strange caricature of the dapper James Wilder whom we had seen the night before. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A dapper little man, with a quick, alert manner and a waxed moustache, had just descended from a high dog-cart. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The founder of that great emporium proved to be a brisk, crisp little person, very dapper and quick, with a clear head and a ready tongue. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Checker: Velma