dapperness

noun

as in elegance

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  1. elegance
  2. chic
  3. style
  4. swank
  5. smartness
  6. stylishness
  7. coolness
  8. hip
Noun
  • Yet Lee shows that the iron sense of control with which Brookner approached her own legacy runs through her fiction, too, creating the austere elegance that characterizes her prose.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Certainly not Polo Ralph Lauren, whose new Polo Blaze collection brings the elegance of the stables to city streets.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of elegance
Noun
  • Overlapping labels include allotment chic, young fogey and gardencore, all drawing on traditional countryside style, with figures like Monty Don serving as inspiration.
    — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
  • This week, the Cheesecake Factory and dictator chic made surprising appearances in our group chats, thanks to a political sideshow-slash-culture-battle kicked off by a joke made by former president Barack Obama.
    — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of chic
Noun
  • Brass was fired from the project and nixed as an editor over creative clashes with Guccione, who wanted to amp up the raunchy scenes, Penthouse-style.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • After, grab a cocktail at the historic Colony Hotel, a sprawling oceanfront resort with a nice tavern-style bar downstairs.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of style
Noun
  • Developer Guy van Rooyen is promising high-end swank, with two new restaurants and a bar, three event spaces, close to three dozen hotel rooms – and plenty of window seats to watch the airfield.
    — Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • At the once-swank Primrose Hotel, Russian refugees recline on the porch, playing pinochle, watching the night traffic of Collins Avenue rumble down South Beach.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of swank
Noun
  • Balancing out work, making art that feels authentic, while still having a smartness about commercializing it and finding ways to commercialize it positively.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Engendered by the ubiquity of stable and robust WiFi and the incredible power of the smartphone’s system-on-a-chip design, the smart everything era demonstrates the full transfer of the smartness imaginary.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of smartness
Noun
  • These perfectly girly-sporty sneakers have a substantial fan club who trust them for comfort and stylishness.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Even when some of the tricks become apparent, each new repetition somehow delivers more than the last, though the weightless, old-school video game aesthetic of the alien monster design sticks out even more amid the stylishness of the world captured in-camera.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 May 2026
Definition of stylishness
Noun
  • The coolness of Bond and the DB5 are forever wed, and that earns the car the top spot here.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Marcocci finds in China a merging of coolness and high luxury.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of coolness
Noun
  • Veteran forward Troy Terry made his season debut for the Ducks after missing 18 games while recovering from hip surgery in June.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Coach Tiago Splitter said there was not an acute source of the injury, but that Wilson began to develop soreness and tightness in his right hip throughout this week.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of hip
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