Stylish
['staɪlɪʃ]
Definition
(adj.) having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; 'a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey'; 'the stylish resort of Gstadd' .
Editor: Michel--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [Colloquial.] Fashionable, modish, genteel, courtly, polished, in fashion, in vogue, ?LA MODE, having a run, the rage.
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Examples
- It seemed a stylish thing to go to the theater in kid gloves, and we acted upon the hint. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They had all been newly barbered, and were exceedingly stylish. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was only with young, handsome, fashionable, and stylish ladies he felt a little shy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I should as soon think of exchanging an old-fashioned mother for something modish and stylish. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But I presume he was too stylish for me--he travelled for the firm, and had seen a great deal of society. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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