MODISHLY Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

modishly

adverb

as in fashionably

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Some venues won’t let you in once doors close, so arriving fashionably late can come with the risk of missing the show entirely.

— Amanda Le, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the music duo turned up fashionably late to the Cineworld theater in Leicester Square.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of fashionably

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Not many filmmakers can create something where moments as ugly as Billy’s scatological lectures coexist so elegantly with moments of honest longing and tragedy (and, in one or two moments, tentative hope).

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
Nature documentaries, many photographed more elegantly than this one, are a dime a dozen these days, with entire streaming channels devoted to them.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of elegantly

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Habitat Home decor, locally made artisan items, one-of-a-kind gifts, ceramics, art, and textiles are stylishly displayed at this shop founded by a retired Marine.

— Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
Like the latter, Lanterns is smarter, more mature, less formulaic, and more stylishly made than the identikit Marvel brand extensions that are now the industry standard.

— Judy Berman, Time, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of stylishly

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His punchy, slightly cornball charm, combined with a winning smile that neatly masked his Nixonian ambition, cemented Mulroney’s status as a modern Canadian politician, someone willing to lead the nation through the 1980s into an uncertain future.

— Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
This approach assumes human behaviors fit neatly into predetermined blocks.

— Pratik Bhadra, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of neatly

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The kettle and coffee machine are tidily housed in a drawer, plugged in invisibly.

— Adrienne Wyper, TheWeek, 17 Sep. 2026
In Kyiv, Kushner spoke about the war in tidily transactional language, acknowledging little of the bloodshed and destruction that Putin’s invasion has wrought.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

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