1
a
: neat and trim in appearance
looked very dapper in their uniforms
b
: very spruce and stylish
a dapper new suit
2
: alert and lively in movement and manners
a dapper old gentleman
dapperly
adverb
dapperness
noun
Examples of dapper in a Sentence
The students all looked very dapper in their uniforms.
the dapper gentleman drew admiring glances from all over the ballroom
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The actor, who portrayed dapper casino thief Danny Ocean in Ocean's Eleven and its sequels, reflected on the audacious burglary in which a group of thieves stole more than $100 million worth of historic jewels from Paris' foremost museum on Sunday.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Many seemed to believe the dashing man was the chief inspector on the case, while some even speculated his dapper appearance hinted at an elegant criminal who was involved in the heist somehow.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Simu Liu in Dolce & Gabbana Simu Liu is always dapper and well-tailored on carpets, and the Academy Museum Gala was no exception.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
The most distinctive features are the bold black-and-white bands across the head and through the eyes, but the yellow beak and the unspotted gray breast are easy ways to confidently identify this dapper bird.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Many seemed to believe the dashing man was the chief inspector on the case, while some even speculated his dapper appearance hinted at an elegant criminal who was involved in the heist somehow.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Simu Liu in Dolce & Gabbana Simu Liu is always dapper and well-tailored on carpets, and the Academy Museum Gala was no exception.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
The most distinctive features are the bold black-and-white bands across the head and through the eyes, but the yellow beak and the unspotted gray breast are easy ways to confidently identify this dapper bird.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dapper
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“Dapper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dapper. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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