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dandy
[ dan-dee ]
noun
- a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- Informal. something or someone of exceptional or first-rate quality:
Your reply was a dandy.
adjective
- characteristic of a dandy; foppish.
- Informal. fine; excellent; first-rate:
a dandy vacation spot.
dandy
1/ ˈæԻɪ /
noun
- a man greatly concerned with smartness of dress; beau
- a yawl or ketch
adjective
- informal.very good or fine
dandy
2/ ˈæԻɪ /
noun
- another name for dengue
Derived Forms
- ˈ岹Ի徱, adverb
- ˈ岹Ի⾱, noun
- ˈ岹Ի⾱, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- 岹d· 岹d·· 岹·徱··· [dan-, dahy, -, uh, k-lee], adverb
- 岹d· 岹·徱a· adjective
- 岹d· noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dandy1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dandy1
Idioms and Phrases
see fine and dandy .Example Sentences
They tried a ghost of it, but also tanked so much legislation in the name of bipartisanship, which is all fine and dandy if you agree on basic human rights.
De Bascher was the opposite, a dandy who enjoyed dissolute idleness with an elegant insouciance.
“You’ll carry on as if nothing was wrong, as if everything was fine and dandy?”
The projected starting QB, after all, is Geno Smith — a Pro Bowler whose last season and a half has been somewhere between decent and dandy.
In 1972, Isaac Hayes accepted his Oscar for oringal song in a frilly lavender top that evoked both the dominant styles of the Black artistic community and the old-school white dandy.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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