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: currently popular
fashionable clothes [=clothes that are popular; clothes that are in fashion]
She wore a sleek black dress and fashionable [=stylish] shoes.
fashionable cars
a fashionable café
It isn't fashionable to express such an opinion these days.
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: dressing and acting in a way that is currently popular
fashionable people who know all the right restaurants
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“Fashionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/fashionable. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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