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modishness

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mod·ish  (mdsh)
adj.
Being in or conforming to the prevailing or current fashion; stylish. See Synonyms at fashionable.
modish·ly adv.
modish·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.modishnessmodishness - elegance by virtue of being fashionable
chic, chicness, stylishness, swank, chichi, last word, smartness
elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"
dapperness, jauntiness, nattiness, rakishness - stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance


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Their position was perhaps the happiest of all positions in the social scale, being above the line at which neediness ends, and below the line at which the CONVENANCES begin to cramp natural feelings, and the stress of threadbare modishness makes too little of enough.
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