Gorgeous or showy in appearance, finely-dressed, smart. archaic.

Having a gay appearance, spruce. Obsolete.

Of dress: elaborate; showy; smart. Hence of a person: smartly or showily dressed (now chiefly in historical contexts).

Smart-looking, showy.

Exquisite, fashionable, smart. rare except in pink tea, n.

Suitable for, associated with, or characteristic of people of high social position, or (in later… Of a place, a house, clothing, or other items.

Smart.

Of things: Characteristic of, or appropriate to, a spark; of a smart or elegant make.

Of things: Elegant, stylish, ‘smart’. ? Obsolete.

Very big, large, or fine; exceptionally good in some respect, frequently with implication of showiness or smartness.

Showy, smart.

Trim or neat in dress; smartly-dressed; spruce, smart, well-dressed.

Somewhat smart (in various senses).

Having an air of distinction, stylish; = distingué, adj.

Of a person.

Given to fashionable and striking display in manners and dress; that is a ‘dasher’.

Gay or fine in appearance.

That is, or has the character or style of, a ‘swell’; befitting a ‘swell’. Of persons: Stylishly or handsomely dressed or equipped; of good…

Distinguished (esp. in reference to appearance or manner); having an air of distinction.

Showy, ostentatiously fashionable, stylish; = dashing, adj. 3b. colloquial.

slang. Smart, spruce; attractive. Cf. nuttish, adj. 1a. Now archaic.

Stylishly elegant and sophisticated, esp. in dress, taste, or manner.

With up: dressed up, smart, elegant; also figurative, made more sophisticated. Originally U.S.

Gaudy, showy, smart. Of persons: Dashing, ostentatious, swaggering, ‘swell’. Also Flash Harry: see Harry, n.2 2c.

Of a thing: characteristic of or appropriate to a rake; raffish, jaunty, dashing. Of a material object, esp. an item of apparel: such as a rake…

Smart, spruce.

Of a fabric, design, etc.: attractive, neat, stylish; richly or daintily decorative.

Esp. of clothes: bold and smart in style; stylish, chic.

Of high or superior class, esp. stylish and sophisticated.

Excellent, first-rate, very good, etc.; fine or smart in, or with regard to, dress or appearance. Also as adv.

like or characteristic of a ‘toff’, stylish.

Having a high or fashionable tone; high-toned, stylish; ‘swell’.

Smart, elegant, fashionable.

Well-informed, aware; in the know, shrewd. to be hep to: to be wise to, to be aware of. to put a person hep to: to make someone wise to…

= toffish adj.

Aware, well-informed; in the know. Often in to be (also get) hip to something: to be or become aware of or well-informed about something.

Showy, stylish.

Designating, relating to, or restricted to a select social group; esoteric. Hence: fashionable, sophisticated. Cf. in, adv. 15.

U.S. regional. Originally: fashionable, stylish, fancy. In later use: showy, flashy, ostentatious. Now rare.

Stylish; ‘posh’, ‘classy’. (Frequently applied to shops, hotels, or apartments.)

Suggestive of jazz (in various senses), jazzy; lively; sophisticated; unconventional.

Stylish, glamorous, classy; ostentatious, gaudy.

Of manners, dress, etc.: stylish, suave, chic. colloquial.

colloquial. Neat and elegant; smart, ‘natty’. snappy dresser, someone who dresses in a stylish or natty manner.

Excellent; attractive; classy, stylish, flashy.

Playing, or capable of playing, jazz or similar music brilliantly or easily; ‘swinging’; appreciative of such music, ‘hep’, sophisticated; hence as…

Superior, smart, stylish; designating the type of person supposed to use the exclamation, esp. the heartier kind of officer and gentleman.

slang. Attractive; fashionable, smart; (more generally) good, nice.

(a) n. camp (camp, n.5 1a) of a kind regarded as either sophisticated or extreme; (b) adj. sophisticatedly or extremely camp (camp, adj.).

Smart or showy in appearance or sound of voice.

Used allusively (frequently attributive or as adj.) of adventurous, sophisticated men resembling James Bond, or of situations similar to those in…

Smart, stylish; admirable, excellent.

In extended use, applied (often ironically) to anything apparently created by a designer, or regarded as fashionable, exclusive, expensive, or…

Sophisticated, highbrow, classy. Sometimes also with negative connotations: arrogant, snobbish, condescending.

A sum of money, equal in value to five pennies. Phrase. as fine as fivepence: see fine, adj. 10. See also fippence, n.