Definition of dandy
dandies
1 : a man who gives exaggerated attention to personal appearance
2 : something excellent in its class a dandy of a game
dandyishly
adverbFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of dandy in a Sentence
That was a dandy of a game.
that dandy was willing to spend all day and hundreds of dollars just to get the perfect pair of shoes
Recent Examples of dandy from the Web
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But with young black dandies, there’s also a hip-hop element.
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This British painter’s canvases of black dancers and dandies are not strictly portraits, but fictions invented by the artist that have the ring of truth.
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Rich and his staff are gearing up for two dandies at the end of this month, once again thrusting his Rich Harvest Farms golf course and the greater Aurora area onto the sport's national stage.
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In other words, no jet-setting dandy's wardrobe would be complete without it!
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Origin and Etymology of dandy
probably short for jack-a-dandy, from 1jack + a (of) + dandy (origin unknown)
dandy
Definition of dandy
dandier
;dandiest
1 : of, relating to, or suggestive of a man who gives exaggerated attention to personal appearance : foppish
2 : very good : first-rate a dandy place to stay I have a couple of friends … who think a recession is a dandy time to try to discover better and cheaper ways to do things. — Thomas Friedman
Examples of dandy in a Sentence
We thought something was wrong, but he said everything was just fine and dandy.
that's a dandy new racing bike
Recent Examples of dandy from the Web
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Not everything was fine and dandy, wine and candy at the Leadership Blue Gala.
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The medieval era took the model of masculinity back towards basic, chivalric, Christian values, before the likes of Byron and Brummell shattered these ideas with the rise of the dandy.
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An error that led to an unearned run in the fifth inning and three wild pitches were about the only blemishes on an otherwise dandy afternoon for Arrieta.
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Sidney Crosby had a goal and a dandy assist to set up Kessel for a goal.
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Scott, for instance, is a dandy tap dancer, but muffles most of Puck’s witticisms.
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That gives Hunnam a dandy role as a man whose physical challenges on trips through the jungle are exceeded by the inner demons that drive him back to those giant ferns again and again.
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Sure, a five-star rating system is all fine and dandy, but Netflix wanted to make their system more two-dimensional for the Redditors out there.
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In a riff on the magazine’s first cover, from 1925, by Rea Irvin, Blitt imagines a future in which our dandy mascot has become Eustace Vladimirovich Tilley and the lepidopteran under scrutiny is none other than a stunned Donald Trump.
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Origin and Etymology of dandy
see 1dandy
DANDY Defined for English Language Learners
dandy
playDefinition of dandy for English Language Learners
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: a man who cares too much about his clothing and personal appearance
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: something that is very good or impressive : a very good example of something
dandy
Definition of dandy for English Language Learners
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: very good
DANDY Defined for Kids
Definition of dandy for Students
dandies
1 : a man who is extremely interested in his clothes and appearance
2 : something excellent or unusual
Definition of dandy for Students
dandier
;dandiest
: very good We had a dandy time.
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