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dapper

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dap·per  (dpr)
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.]

dapper·ly adv.
dapper·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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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
Translations
dapper [ˈdæpəʳ] ADJ (= smart) [man, appearance] → pulcro
dapper [ˈdæpər] adjpimpant(e)
dapper
dapper [ˈdæpəʳ] adj (man) → azzimato/a
dapper [ˈdæpəʳ] adj (man) → azzimato/a


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He had great neatness of person, and he continued to wear his spruce black coat and his bowler hat, always a little too small for him, in a dapper, jaunty manner.
At the words, the door opened and a dapper little old man came in.
Genevieve slipped on a pair of Joe's shoes, light-soled and dapper, and laughed with Lottie, who stooped to turn up the trousers for her.
 
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