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SWANKY (swankier, swankiest)
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Irregular inflected forms: swankier , swankiest
, swankiest Dictionary entry overview: What does swanky mean?
• SWANKY (adjective)
The adjective SWANKY has 1 sense:
1. imposingly fashionable and elegant
Familiarity information: SWANKY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Imposingly fashionable and elegant
Synonyms:
swank; swanky
Context example:
a swank apartment
Similar:
fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)
Derivation:
swank (elegance by virtue of being fashionable)
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