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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
Adjective
(of a man) neat in appearance and slight in build [Middle Dutch]
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"
jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, spruce, dashing, snappy
fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"
dapper
adjective (of a man) neat, nice, smart, trim, stylish, spruce, dainty, natty (informal) well-groomed, well turned out, trig (archaic), (dialect) soigné << OPPOSITE untidy
Translations
dapper [ˈdæpəʳ] adj → pulcro, apuesto
dapper [ˈdæpəʳ] adj → pimpant(e)
dapper [ˈdæpəʳ] adj → gepflegt
dapper [ˈdæpəʳ] adj → lindo/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.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
At the words, the door opened and a dapper little old man came in.
The Adventures Of Pinocchio by Collodi, Carlo View in context
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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