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adjective
- 1. stylishly luxurious and expensive: informal "directors with swanky company cars"
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very expensive and fashionable, in a way that is intended to attract people's attention and admiration: We stayed in a swanky hotel. UK disapproving. behaving too confidently: I'm sick of his swanky talk. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off. bravura. check out phrasal verb. chichi. dressed.
1. : characterized by showy display : ostentatious. a swank limousine. 2. : fashionably elegant : smart. a swank restaurant. swankily. ˈswaŋ-kə-lē. adverb. swankiness. ˈswaŋ-kē-nəs.
Swanky can refer to something that is ostentatious (over the top) or something that is very elegant. Either way, the unifying element is fanciness. Example: Anna doesn’t usually get a chance to eat at fancy restaurants, so she really enjoyed the gourmet food at the swanky office party.
If you describe something as swanky, you mean that it is fashionable and expensive. [informal] ...one of the swanky hotels that line the Pacific shore at Acapulco. Synonyms: ostentatious, grand, posh [informal, mainly British], rich More Synonyms of swanky. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
/ˈswæŋki/ /ˈsweɪŋki/ IPA guide. Other forms: swankiest; swankier; swankily. Swanky things are fancy and stylish, like a swanky hotel lobby with sparkling chandeliers, plush furniture, and elegant guests. You can also call swanky things ritzy or classy.
Definition of swanky adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define swanky. swanky synonyms, swanky pronunciation, swanky translation, English dictionary definition of swanky. adj. swank·i·er , swank·i·est 1. Strikingly fashionable or luxurious. See Synonyms at fashionable. 2. Ostentatious or pretentious. swank′i·ly adv....
The earliest known use of the adjective swanky is in the 1840s. OED's earliest evidence for swanky is from 1842, in a glossary by John Akerman, numismatist and antiquary. swanky is formed within English, by derivation.
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Ostentatiously stylish; expensive and showy. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Ostentatious or pretentious. American Heritage. Rather posh, elegant, ritzy. Wiktionary. Synonyms: swank. spiffy. snazzy. luxurious. glamorous. flashy. fancy. exclusive. plush. elegant. chichi. snappy. smart. posh. classy. Antonyms: poor.
