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Definition of chic
1 : smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner : style wears her clothes with superb chic
2 : a distinctive mode of dress or manner associated with a fashionable lifestyle, ideology, or pursuit wearing the latest in urban chic New Age chic
3 : a faddishly popular quality or appeal; also : something (such as a practice or interest) having such appeal the transient tides of academic chic — Irving Kristol
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Examples of chic in a Sentence
It's the height of chic this year.
mockumentaries are the latest filmmaking chic
Recent Examples of chic from the Web
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There’s a certain kind of girl for whom the gender-bending cool of a buzzcut coincides nicely with heatwave season, while yet another camp of beauties has signed up for the reliable wash-and-go chic of a bob.
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RHYTHMS OF THE NIGHT July 8 SummerJazz on theGulf, NaplesEnjoy an evening that’s summertime chic when the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club hosts its free concert series, SummerJazz On the Gulf.
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Maybe Drizzy thought the collection was also the perfect combination of casual chic?
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The BSU kids are in thrift-store chic, Nina Simone happening from the neck up.
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Corbyn has been dubbed unelectable and faced considerable opposition from his own party, but his radical chic and pro-spending policies have won over considerable numbers of younger voters.
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Poway recently welcomed its newest urban chic — but tasty — establishment offering a one-stop shop for all things sweet and savory.
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In the past, people were striving to achieve a heroin chic, thigh gap, bikini bridge, ab cracks and thighbrows, according to Yahoo.
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Forces fighting for the future of New York City’s fashion industry came to a head on Monday evening in the less-than-chic but nevertheless most fitting of places: the auditorium at the High School of Fashion Industries in Manhattan.
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Origin and Etymology of chic
French
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Definition of chic
chicer
;chicest
1 : cleverly stylish : smart the woman who is chic adapts fashion to her own personality — Elizabeth L. Post
2 : currently fashionable a chic restaurant chic boutiques
chicly
adverbchicness
nounExamples of chic in a Sentence
The café has a chic new look.
a chic new hairstyle that makes her look very sophisticated
Recent Examples of chic from the Web
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Don't expect to see Plainfield softball uniform chic on Paris runways any time soon.
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Sumptuous fabrics, movie-star-chic designs, and meticulous detailing – visitors can lean in close enough to see the stitches.
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Verlander was the Tigers’ chic trade deadline pick last week, his value explored by Yahoo’s Jeff Passan with a number of other rumblings from national writers.
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Reading material as a status symbol: Can Monocle's globalist chic survive in an age of populism?
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The Apparatus Lariat light fixture is a subtle nod to the nautical theme, while still providing a very chic place to dine.
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Lonzo going with the very chic invisible shoes look.
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Cheap and Cheerful is a weekly column that highlights the chicest, most inexpensive finds.
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Delicate French wines are the base of these super chic-looking (and delicious) canned cocktails by Pampelonne.
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Origin and Etymology of chic
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CHIC Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of chic for English Language Learners
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: following the current fashion or style : fashionable and appealing
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