DASHINGLY Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

dashingly

adverb

as in neatly

in a strikingly neat and trim manner a handsome young man dashingly dressed in a tuxedo for the prom

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Recent Examples of dashingly As the curtain lifts, Eugene (a dashingly coiffed Joseph Walsh, with perfect villainous eyebrows) faces his uncle’s casket, shaking with horror. — Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2026 Turner is also great, playing the dashingly handsome hero with emotional depth. — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 20 Nov. 2025 Elegant and dashingly handsome, Ruspoli casts an eye over Olinto Atlas Mountain Retreat, his eight-acre (and expanding) garden estate. — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2024

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Long-term development rarely fits neatly into a quarterly reporting cycle.

— Ekramy El Zaghat, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
The crab fit neatly into my pocket, a thin, light, barely discernible presence.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of neatly

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Thanks to his book, Bloom, a bald, chain-smoking, nattily dressed, thitherto obscure translator of Plato and Rousseau, became nearly as famous as Derrida himself.

— Emily Eakin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
But the show doesn’t start until the 79-year-old De Shields nattily flips his jacket open, to the approving roar of the audience.

— Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of nattily

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Charlottesville has become more Democratic, while rural areas have moved sharply toward Republicans.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
Once the company and its shareholders become accustomed to such a financial boost, an environment where individual guest spending sharply increases even when domestic park attendance is soft or steady, there’s likely no turning back.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of sharply

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Incredibly easy to style, these effortless shoes pair casually with jeans, smartly with trousers or a skirt, or elegantly with your favorite fall dress.

— Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2026
There was nothing that had escaped being stamped with the Festival’s ubiquitous emblem–sweets, cigarettes, perfume, even sandals–Specially designed to keep you cool and smartly shod for fun-loving Festival walking!

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

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