- stylish
- adjective Date: 1785 having style; specifically conforming to current fashion • stylishly adverb • stylishness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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stylish — stylish, *fashionable, modish, smart, chic, dashing can mean conforming to the choice and usage of those who set the vogue (as persons of wealth and taste or often the avant garde). Stylish is likely to stress currency and, correspondingly,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Stylish — Styl ish, a. Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner. {Styl ish*ly}, adv. {Styl ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stylish — index current, elegant, popular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
stylish — 1797 ( in Sense and Sensibility ), from STYLE (Cf. style) + ISH (Cf. ish). The adj. good is understood. Related: Stylishly; stylishness … Etymology dictionary
stylish — [adj] fashionable a la mode*, beautiful, chic, chichi*, classy, dap, dapper, dashing, dressed to kill*, dressed to the teeth*, dressy, fly*, groovy*, high class*, in, in fashion, in the mainstream*, in vogue, jazzy*, latest, mod*, modernistic,… … New thesaurus
stylish — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having or displaying a good sense of style. 2) fashionably elegant. DERIVATIVES stylishly adverb stylishness noun … English terms dictionary
stylish — [stī′lish] adj. conforming to current style in dress, decoration, behavior, etc.; smart; fashionable stylishly adv. stylishness n … English World dictionary
Stylish — Infobox Software name = Stylish caption = developer = Jason Barnabe latest release version = 0.5.7 latest release date = May 17, 2008 operating system = Cross platform genre = Mozilla extension license = GPL website =… … Wikipedia
stylish — styl|ish [ˈstaılıʃ] adj attractive in a fashionable way ▪ a stylish woman in her forties ▪ Jack is quite stylish. ▪ a stylish restaurant in the West End >stylishly adv >stylishness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
stylish — styl|ish [ staılıʃ ] adjective * 1. ) showing good judgment about how to look attractive and fashionable: Phil likes women who are good dancers and stylish dressers. 2. ) attractive or well arranged: sturdy yet stylish garden furniture a stylish… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stylish — [[t]sta͟ɪlɪʃ[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is stylish is smart, elegant, and fashionable. ...a very attractive and very stylish woman of 27. ...a varied choice of stylish designs. Syn: fashionable Derived words: stylishly ADV GRADED … English dictionary
