dap·per (d p  r)adj. 1. a. Neatly dressed; trim. b. Very stylish in dress. 2. Lively and alert. [Middle English daper, elegant, probably from Middle Dutch dapper, quick, strong.] dap per·ly adv.dap per·ness n. |
dapper [ˈdæpə]
adj
1. neat and spruce in dress and bearing; trim
2. small and nimble
[from Middle Dutch: active, nimble]
dapperly adv
dapperness n
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| Adj. | 1. | dapper - marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe" |
dapper
adjective (only ever used with reference to men, not women) neat, nice, smart, trim, stylish, spruce, dainty, natty (informal), well-groomed, well turned out, trig (archaic or dialect), soigné a small, dapper man in his early fifties
sloppy (informal), untidy, dishevelled, rumpled, unkempt, slovenly, slobby (informal), disarrayed, ill-groomed
sloppy (informal), untidy, dishevelled, rumpled, unkempt, slovenly, slobby (informal), disarrayed, ill-groomed
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