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GROOVY (groovier, grooviest)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: groovier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, grooviest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does groovy mean? 

GROOVY (adjective)
  The adjective GROOVY has 2 senses:

1. very goodplay

2. (British informal) very chicplay

  Familiarity information: GROOVY used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GROOVY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: groovier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: grooviest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Very good

Synonyms:

bang-up; bully; corking; cracking; dandy; great; groovy; keen; neat; nifty; not bad; old; peachy; slap-up; smashing; swell

Context example:

we had a grand old time

Similar:

good (having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


Sense 2

Meaning:

(British informal) very chic

Synonyms:

groovy; swagger

Context example:

groovy clothes

Similar:

fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


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