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class·y  (kls)
adj. class·i·er, class·i·est Informal
Highly stylish; elegant.

classi·ness n.

classy
Adjective
[classier, classiest] Informal stylish and sophisticated
classiness n
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Adj.1.classy - elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
stylish, fashionable - having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd"

classy
adjective (Informal) high-class, select, exclusive, superior, elegant, stylish, posh (informal), chiefly Brit. swish (informal), chiefly Brit. up-market, urbane, swanky (informal) top-drawer, ritzy (slang) high-toned, schmick Austral. (informal)
Translations

classy [ˈklɑːsɪ] adj (col) → elegante, con estilo
classy [ˈklɑːsɪ] (inf) adjclasse (inf)
classy [ˈklɑːsɪ] class (inf) adjnobel, exklusiv;
(person) → todschick

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