stylish

stylish
stylish 1797 ( in "Sense and Sensibility"), from STYLE (Cf. style) + -ISH (Cf. -ish). The adj. good is understood. Related: Stylishly; stylishness.

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  • stylish — stylish, *fashionable, modish, smart, chic, dashing can mean conforming to the choice and usage of those who set the vogue (as persons of wealth and taste or often the avant garde). Stylish is likely to stress currency and, correspondingly,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Stylish — Styl ish, a. Having style or artistic quality; given to, or fond of, the display of style; highly fashionable; modish; as, a stylish dress, house, manner. {Styl ish*ly}, adv. {Styl ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stylish — index current, elegant, popular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • stylish — [adj] fashionable a la mode*, beautiful, chic, chichi*, classy, dap, dapper, dashing, dressed to kill*, dressed to the teeth*, dressy, fly*, groovy*, high class*, in, in fashion, in the mainstream*, in vogue, jazzy*, latest, mod*, modernistic,… …   New thesaurus

  • stylish — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having or displaying a good sense of style. 2) fashionably elegant. DERIVATIVES stylishly adverb stylishness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • stylish — [stī′lish] adj. conforming to current style in dress, decoration, behavior, etc.; smart; fashionable stylishly adv. stylishness n …   English World dictionary

  • Stylish — Infobox Software name = Stylish caption = developer = Jason Barnabe latest release version = 0.5.7 latest release date = May 17, 2008 operating system = Cross platform genre = Mozilla extension license = GPL website =… …   Wikipedia

  • stylish — styl|ish [ˈstaılıʃ] adj attractive in a fashionable way ▪ a stylish woman in her forties ▪ Jack is quite stylish. ▪ a stylish restaurant in the West End >stylishly adv >stylishness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stylish — styl|ish [ staılıʃ ] adjective * 1. ) showing good judgment about how to look attractive and fashionable: Phil likes women who are good dancers and stylish dressers. 2. ) attractive or well arranged: sturdy yet stylish garden furniture a stylish… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stylish — [[t]sta͟ɪlɪʃ[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is stylish is smart, elegant, and fashionable. ...a very attractive and very stylish woman of 27. ...a varied choice of stylish designs. Syn: fashionable Derived words: stylishly ADV GRADED …   English dictionary

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